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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 45

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45 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER Regarding the furniture of the domestic dwellings of the Saracens, whether of Egypt, Arabia, or elsewhere, there was very little of a movable nature except the small tables and reading-desks. The tables of Saracenic design are usually small and of a greater height… … or in the kursys of a lighter construction are generally inlaid with ivory, ebony, and mother-of-pearl. Some of the richest variety are hexagonal in shape, are inlaid with brass and silver filigree ornamentation, and are of splendid workmanship. The next important article in movable furniture is…

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