Old English furniture and its surroundings, from the restoration to the regency (1920)
Percival, MacIver · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 126
ourse, mostuseful where extra lights were wanted closeat hand, such as on the card tables, ondining or supper tables, and for writingor sewing. Wax candles were the best kind of light,and were used by those who could affordthem, but tallow, except on special occasions,was the ordinary household… … 93
Furniture · Interior decoration
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