Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 77
s are worthy of study of a verycareful kind. In the sideboard, notice first the general structure or construction <if thework, then the manner in which i( is broken into parts, and lastly, that it is thestructural members which arc carved. If this work has faults, they arc these:first, the… … Fig. 42. THE FALSE IN FURNITURE. 65 To the cabinet much more serious objections may be taken.1st. A roof is a means whereby the weather is kept out of a dwelling-, andtiles afford a means whereby small pieces of material enable us to form a perfectcovering- to our houses of a weather-proof…
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