Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 71
an truly say, that it compares favourably withall other works on furniture with which I am acquainted. The general want which we perceive in modern furniture is simplicity ofstructure and truthfulness (if construction. If persons would but think out theeasiest mode of constructing a work lielore… … FlKNITlItE—Til I Til Ill. CONSTRUCT* >\. 59 I fear that I have very feebly enforced and very inefficiently illustrated thetrue principles on which works of furniture should he constructed; and yet I feelthat the structure of such works is of importance beyond all other considerations.
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