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, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919 · Chicago : F.J. Drake · leaf 29
29 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER with various colored dyes. Bird’s eye maple and the wood of the cedrus atlantica were much prized. The smaller tables, abaci, rested usually on one foot — . monopodium-— -and larger tables had three or four legs. … Figure 13 which had ivory claws or heads of animals as carved decoration (Fig. 14). Boxwood, beech, and palm, in¬ laid with ivory, ebony, and precious metals, were used in the materials of chairs and couches. The latter were often made in bronze (Figs. 15 and 16), and chairs of state were carved in…
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