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Housekeeper's quest : where to find pretty things. (1885)

Sypher & Co. (New York, N.Y.) · Press of J.J. Little & Co., New York · leaf 32

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l of interest in the furniture ofthese periods. Chairs, sofas, lounges, ottomans in allthese styles are here in good examples; but it will befound, we think, that the later styles, those of the Em-pire and of Louis XVI., are too formal ( stiff is theword) for our free-and-easy, catholic times; if… … Sofa in Embroidery and Gilt, from the San Donato Sale, formerly owned byNapoleon I., and used by him on the island of Elba. SOLD. CHOICE TAPESTRIES FOR HANGINGS OF THE OLD FLEMISH ANDFRENCH SCHOOLS. FINE SCREENS OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE,TAINTED TO IMITATE TAPESTRY, AND MOUNTED IN RICH ARTISTICFRAMES.…

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