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 59
howingto greater advantage the rich and bright colors of dif-ferent kinds of hard woods used in the marquetry.Both natural and stained varieties of various woodwere arranged in the designs in juxta-position, and afree and picturesque kind of ornamental foliage wasemployed mixed with large tulips,… … was developed, but the design con-sisted more of figure subjects andimitations of ruins in landscapes. Acomplete change in the design of thefurniture in the latter country wasalso effected by the same desire toget large surface on which the inlaidwork could be seen to great ad-vantage, and the…
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