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Title: The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Foley, Edwin
Subjects: Furniture Decoration and ornament
Publisher: London : T.C. and E.C. Jack
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Part V. show woods used for inlaying,etc., during the Stuart period mainly; in Part XII., some of thewoods more especially in vogue during the eighteenth century ; andin Part XVI., some richly marked woods now at the disposal of thefurniture designer. These plates manifest the versatility of Naturesown designs in fibres; and how little, after all, man has yetavailed himself of her resources. In Parts XV. and XVI. will be found a Chapter on Woods, and aChart tabulating the principal characteristics of thirty of the principaltrees used in the production of decorative furniture. The few surviving examples of furniture used in the home priorto the fourteenth century are either too fragmentary in condition, toounimportant in character, or not sufficiently decorative, to justifyinclusion in this series of one hundred colour plates, each of whichhas been taken from an actually existing piece. Equal care has beentaken to ensure accuracy in the contemporary accessories shown upon•each plate.
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EGYPT, BABYLON, AND ASSYRIA Renans description of Egypt— The Queen of Nations and the Boast of Time,Mother of Sciences and the House of Gods, as a kind of lighthouse in tlie dark^ni^^t of pro-found antiquity, appears especially ^yf^Tfien tracingthe history of furniture ereEurope had emerged fromsavagery. Whilst the very name of Greece wasunknown, the sun-bakedfertile valley annually bathed by the Nile was peopled by communities,not only able to raise time-defying Sphinx andPyramids, but also to express, in solid form andvivid colour, their native force, severity, and dignityin the furniture of the homes of their upper classes. 111111111111111 ini 11 iiii III

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