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 & co · leaf 196
Figure 111 to deal at length with these articles, so a few examplesmust suffice. The Cabinet—or Armoire, as it is calledin French—shown in Fig. 115 is said to be one of thefinest pieces of woodwork in the world. It was designed THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 199 … 200 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER by Berain, and executed by Boulle, for Louis XIV.The delicacy and beauty of the coloring- of the inlaidbrass work, in metal of two tints, the boldness of thearabesque work, and the fine proportions and unusual
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