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 44
sin furniture; they were often made with inlaid wooddecorations, and had strapwork of iron and ornate THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 43 hinges. They were the usual repositories of the house-hold valuables, money, and other treasures, and werecarried on horses or mules when the family movedabout from… … Figure 27 the dais, or throne-like seat, that was placed at theend of the chief room—the place of honor. Another and later development of the chest was toraise it on legs, and to add a back arrangement to it,with shelves for the display of household plate, towhich was given the name of dressoir, or…
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