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 48
ving wasrelieved by gilding in parts, and sometimes the wholeof it was gilt. Other examples of an earlier date were covered witha finely modelled decoration of gesso work, and gilded,and in other cases the large panels in the front werepainted with figure subjects in brilliant colors andheightened… … Figure 33 Figure 34 52 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER in brown lines, with the ground slightly recessed andpunched or stamped with a line ornamentation. In the Kensington Museum there is an extensivecollection of Italian cassoni embracing all the abovevarieties. Chairs carved and gilt of the same…
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