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 57
k and elaborate altar-pieces were ex-ecuted during the prosperous Spanish period of thesixteenth century. During the same century Venice and Florence werefamed for their marquetry—inlaid work of ivory andmetal—in cypress, walnut, and other woods, which art 60 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKES had boon… … Figure 40 Before leaving the Italian sixteenth-century work wemust notice the mirrors, with their elaborately carvedframes of Venetian design and manufacture. In thiscentury Venice was renowned for the making of glass,for which it is still famous, and certain privileges weregranted by the State…
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