Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 387
ation. People generally sat, reclined, ate andslept on rugs and cushions, and stored their clothes and 295 A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT smaller belongings in small chests and leather trunks.A chair or two, framed of straight members with littleor no carving, served for seats of state on formal occa-sions,… … Fig. 215.—A Spanish Seventeenth-Century Table. The earliest distinctive product of the Spanish furni-ture-makers was the vargueno, which derived its namefrom the Castilian town of Vargas where it was inventedand largely made. This consisted of a rectangularchest with a let-down front lid, set upon…
Decoration and ornament
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