Old English furniture and its surroundings, from the restoration to the regency (1920)
Percival, MacIver · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 40
gings. Often beneath the majestic four-poster was anothersmall bed which was known as a truckle bed because it * Evelyns Diary, June 9th, 1662 : The Queen brought over with her fromPortugal such Indian cabinets as had never before ben scene. Evelyns Z)jary, December 4th, 1679: I dind ... at the… … I. Chinese Lacquer Cabinet on English Gilt Carved Stand. VScA. 15 OLD ENGLISH FURNITURE could be pulled out. Maid-servants often slept on such bedsin their mistress apartment. MIRRORS were becoming more usual though still ex-pensive and somewhat of a luxury. They were mainly im-ported from Venice,…
Furniture · Interior decoration
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