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 254
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… … Fig. 136. — Arm-chair. the owners initial. The figure placed at the top representsAlbert Durer. This bureau is too richly ornamented; there isa want of simplicity, and of that which is highly necessary inevery bureau, sufficient room for work. In the midst of themany partitions, drawers, and doors,…
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