e Continent in theseventeenth century stands were usually make-shilts and unworthy of the splendid burdens theyhad to carry, or in a few in-stances fantasies of the instru-ment makers mind, whichshowed the dilettantes disre-gard for the prevalent style offurniture designing and gave theinstrument… … pall-bearers. An advertisement headed An-nonces, Affiches et Avis Divers, on May 7, 1765reads like a death notice. In this the amateurs areoffered: An excellent table spinet, five feet long,eighteen inches deep, of which the cover is veryagreeably painted by a good master which can beused as an…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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