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 26
sembling modern sofas,elaborate foot-stools, and arm-chairs with the sphinxesfor the arms were made by the Greeks. In the British Museum are some small models ofGreek chairs made in lead, and wooden boxes showingthe dovetail construction. In the later Greek periods the furniture was inlaidwith… … 26 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER in design, and were not only used for sacred purposesin the temples, but also to support braziers for heatingpurposes, or for burning perfumes in the houses ofprivate people (Fig. 10). Hand-mirrors and cistae were made in great quan-tities in bronze or in other metal…
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