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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 379

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D AND DRESSING-TABLE. Last Half iSth Century. Among the woodsused during the i8thcentury, besides thosealready mentioned, aremahogany, satin-wood,thuyawood,- citron,amaranth, snake wood;violet, white, green, andseveral other kinds ofebony; cinnamon,cedar, cypress, purple-wood, boxwood, tulip-wood,… … Louis XVI. LALONDE. !71 Last Half i8th Century. \ernis-martin is a sort of varnish of a fine transparent lacpolish, said to have been derived from Japan through themissionaries. It is generally found on small articles, such assnuff-boxes, needle-cases, fans, etc., on a gold ground, but issometimes…

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