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 33
and destruction of the Roman empire in theprovinces, the capital of the East became enriched bytreasures of the Roman families, who naturally fled toConstantinople for protection for themselves and theirvaluable effects. The old ivories known as consular diptychs have 36 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER… … Figure 19 The chair of St. Maximian, preserved at Ravenna,is covered with ivory carvings, and is one of the finestexamples of Byzantine work. Much of the furniture of the early centuries of Chris-tian art is represented in the Byzantine illuminatedmanuscripts. Beds and couches kept the old…
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