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 32
n which the Romans were skilled; both largeand small design in Tazsia work were the chief decora-tions of the best furniture. THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 31 The representations we have of what was used bythe Egyptians, the Greeks, and the Romans, are thoseonly of the most finished and tasteful… … In endeavoring to obtain some little insight into theforms and materials of the furniture of ancient times,we are dependent on different sources, according to thecountry under consideration. If it be ancient Rome orGreece, the descriptions by the classical writers andthe paintings at Pompeii are…
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