The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. (1910)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836-1919 · Chicago, F. J. Drake & Co · leaf 192
This is a beautiful piece of work, the inlayingall being done in pearl and ivory. Fig. 103, shows an old Italian chair. This is quiteornate, but is doubtless, very comfortable. The chairs shown in Fig. 104, are of old Germantype and are, without doubt, a pair of cosy, comfortablechairs. The… … Ficure 103 Fie. 106, shows another old Dutch chair, with cab-riole legs. This is rather a pretentious affair. TheItalian chair shown at Fig. 107 is of late Italian Re-naissance style and is overloaded with unnecessary and 192 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER
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