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Excerpt from Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork
As wood is the material of Which furniture for domestic use has generally been made, thereare, of course, limits to its endurance, and not much furniture is to be found anywhere older than the renaissance. Objects for domestic use, such as beds, chairs, chests, tables, &c., are rare; and have not often been collected together. The museum of the hotel de Cluny, in Paris, is the best representative collection of woodwork anterior to the quattro or cinque cento period the end of the fifteenth and begin ning of the sixteenth centuries. Some carved and gilt carriages belonging to the last century are also there; and a set of car riages, carved and gilt, made for state ceremonials, used during the latter part of the last century and down to the days of the empire of Napoleon ILI. Are, or were till the war of 1870, kept at the Trianon at Versailles.
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As wood is the material of Which furniture for domestic use has generally been made, thereare, of course, limits to its endurance, and not much furniture is to be found anywhere older than the renaissance. Objects for domestic use, such as beds, chairs, chests, tables, &c., are rare; and have not often been collected together. The museum of the hotel de Cluny, in Paris, is the best representative collection of woodwork anterior to the quattro or cinque cento period the end of the fifteenth and begin ning of the sixteenth centuries. Some carved and gilt carriages belonging to the last century are also there; and a set of car riages, carved and gilt, made for state ceremonials, used during the latter part of the last century and down to the days of the empire of Napoleon ILI. Are, or were till the war of 1870, kept at the Trianon at Versailles.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
John Hungerford Pollen
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266796497
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
Page Count - 153
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Author
John Hungerford Pollen
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781527853195
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm
Page Count - 155
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