The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 49
Fig. 12.—Bed fumished \\-ith Canopy and Curtains, from a Miniature at the end of the Fourteenth Centur\-.(SIS. de la BibL Imp. de Paris.) cabinet-making and of inlaying had attained in the Middle Ages. Eléganceand originality of design in inlaid nietals, jasper, mother-of-pearl, ivory ;carving,… … with extrême delicacy of taste (Plate I.), and still remains inimitable, if notin ail the détails of exécution, at least in ricli and harmoniûus effect. At tlie time of the Renaissance, cabinetsmtli numerous drawers and in several compart-ments were introdnced : thèse were known inGermany by the…
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