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Period furnishings; an encyclopedia of historic furniture, decorations and furnishings (1911)

Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935 · New York, Clifford & Lawton · leaf 266

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Nineteenth Cen-tury veneering was anexpensive art; thewood was cut by handand it was impossibleto cover large sur-faces excepting atheavy expense. In the pieces ofWilliam and Mary andQueen Anne veneer-ing was used fre-quently as an economy.It was applied veryoften as a surface tocheap woods, but… … [226c]

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