The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods (1914)
Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, McClure, Abbot, 1879- · Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott Company · leaf 194
Boulle used tortoiseshell exten-sively as a veneer into which he set his metal inlay. Brass and White Metal. Used as an inlay in awood ground. Upholstery. The richest materials were used forupholstering chairs, stools and sofas, which were oftenprotected by slip covers. decorative processes Nearly… … LOUIS QUATORZE AND LOUIS QUINZE 141 was employed with hard woods and also with soft woodsthat were to be painted and gilt. Inlay. Intricate inlay of an immense variety ofwoods was highly popular. Marqueterie. Marqueterie was much used and wasfrequently of a more pictorial and connected…
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