Notes and sketches of an architect taken during a journey in the northwest of Europe; (1877)
Narjoux, Félix, Peto, John Frederick, 1854-1907 · Boston, J. R. Osgood · leaf 253
Fig. 134. — Walnut-wood Bureau. of the decorations are painted and varnished, for the sake ofcleanliness. The price of this bedstead, exclusive of the paint-ing, is 30 thalers, equivalent to 4 Z. 8 s. 246 GEEMANY. … The cupboard (Fig. 133) differs from the preceding articlesof furniture, and those which follow, in the quiet character of HANOVER. 247 its ornaments. The hinge-plates on the doors are of polishediron, and the wood employed is American walnut. The bureau (Fig. 134) is an article of furniture of a…
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