An historical guide to French interiors, furniture, decoration, woodwork & allied arts during the last half of the seventeenth century, the whole of the eighteenth century, and the earlier part of the nineteenth (1903)
Strange, Thomas Arthur · London, The author · leaf 356
Jewel Cabinet. Commode in Xictoria and Albert Museum. Louis X\.—Louis X\l UPRIGHT SECRETAIRE. 347 Last Hair iSth Century … At the bottom of page345 is a commode ofmarqueterie of variouswoods, the centre panelof the front inlaid witha vase of flowers. Itcontains five drawers,has a top slab of whitemarble, and mountingsof chased ormolu. Itbelongs to the periodof Louis XV. Height,2 ft. II in.; length,4 ft. 6^r in.: width,…
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