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Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
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Good Housekeeping
Author: Old English Furniture
Author: Fred FennOld English Furniture
Author: Frederick FennPublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290932127
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Old English Furniture and Its Makers
Author: Robert Wemyss SymondsTown & Country
Author: Old English Furniture and Its Surroundings, from the Restoration to the Regency
Author: Maciver PercivalPublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290932134
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Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Old English Furniture and Its Surroundings, from the Restoration to the Regency
Author: Maciver PercivalPublisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781376705850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Old English Furniture
Author: Therle HughesPublisher:
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 201
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Old English Furniture (Classic Reprint)
Author: Frederick FennPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483032859
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Excerpt from Old English Furniture Oak (made in Belgium or the Midlands) backed by an art wall-paper, or to see cottage chairs Of the Chippendale period in the drawing-rooms Of the wealthy; but at least these things show a hankering after improvement. It is not every one who has instinctive feeling for what is beautiful in design and correct in form - not every one who is born with a sensitiveness which is outraged when a beautiful piece of furniture is insulted by being placed in unsympathetic surroundings, and I am not at all sure that the vast majority are not much to be con gratulated on the circumstance. The modest collector, who has scraped up a little know ledge and is the easy prey Of the modern manufacturer, Often forgets, if he ever knew, that the furniture Of the great makers was intended for certain styles Of rooms. The oak-panelled rooms and tapestry-hung walls took their dignified solid oak and exquisite walnut-wood work, and the painted rooms Of a later period show up the dainty work of Sheraton, Adams, and Hepplewhite. Divorced from their proper surroundings, you miss half the effect which the designer saw. I do not suggest that there are not a fair number of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
House & Garden
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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