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 46
Figure 28 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 45 Regarding the furniture of the domestic dwellings ofthe Saracens, whether of Egypt, Arabia, or elsewhere,there was very little of a movable nature except thesmall tables and reading-desks. The tables of Saracenicdesign are usually small and of a greater… … Figure 29 or in the kursys of a lighter construction are generallyinlaid with ivory, ebony, and mother-of-pearl. Someof the richest variety are hexagonal in shape, are inlaidwith brass and silver filigree ornamentation, and areof splendid workmanship. The next important articlein movable furniture…
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