Periods of furniture : a concise resumé of all leading types of furniture; descriptions of their derivations concisely told; amply illustrated. (1903)
H. O'Neill & Co. (New York, N.Y.) · The Company, New York · leaf 6
estnut,sometimes gilded and picked out with color. Chaires were only used on special occa-sions, and often incnisted with preciousstones. Later on canopies were added, butas these were very cumbersome, smallerseats became a necessity. Before that theysat on three-legged stools. High backswith… … p B i Renaissance TALY is called the birth-place of the Renaissance.Toward the end of the fifteenthcentury the art became more classical.Leonardo da Vinci had been appointed bythe Duke of Milan as Director of Paintingand Architecture, and he no sooner enteredon his duties than he banished the…
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