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Principles of decorative design (1873)

Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 81

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Fig. 46. IV- 17. Another falsity in furniture is veneering—a practice which should be whollyabandoned. Simple honesty is preferable to false show in all cases; truthfulness inutterance is always to be desired. It was customary at one time to veneer almost VENEERING. (59 every work of furniture, and…

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