In common with the other rooms, they are con-spicuous by reason of the costliness of the materialused and by the profusion of beautiful wood inlay.Of the latter one may say that nothing could bebetter, but the wood-carving is less pleasing inline and execution. Carving and inlay seem tobe mutually… … INTERIOR OF ARTISAN S COITAGE SHOWING LIVING ROOM WITH STOVF. FORHEATING THREE ROOMS GEORG METZENDORF, ARCHITECT For the smoking room or study, of which acorner is shown in the illustration on p. 307, redTabasco mahogany has been employed with blackcarved ornamentation, the latter rather too…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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