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Page 30 - And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace ; where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble.
Page 148 - There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species.
Page 353 - ... straw pallets, on rough mats covered only with a sheet, under coverlets made of dagswain or hopharlots (I use their own terms), and a good round log under their heads instead of a bolster or pillow.
Page 184 - CHIPPENDALE (Thomas). The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, being a large Collection of the most Elegant and Useful Designs of Household Furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste.
Page 148 - He was not only consulted for furniture, as frames of pictures, glasses, tables, chairs, etc., but for plate, for a barge, for a cradle. And so impetuous was fashion, that two great ladies prevailed on him to make designs for their birthday gowns. The one he dressed in a petticoat decorated with columns of the five orders ; the other like a bronze, in a copper-coloured satin, with ornaments of gold.
Page 413 - Centre of gravity of any body, or system of bodies, is that point upon which the body or system of bodies...
Page 202 - I may speak without vanity, are the best I have ever seen (or perhaps have ever been made).
Page 233 - As I have alluded to some books of designs, it may be proper here just to say something of them. I have seen one which seems to have been published before Chippendale's. I infer this from the antique appearance of the furniture, for there is no date to it ; but the title informs us that it was composed by a Society of Cabinetmakers in London. It gives no instructions for drawing in any form, but we may venture to say, that those who drew the designs wanted a good share of teaching themselves.
Page 217 - CABINET-MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S GUIDE; or. Repository of Designs for every article of Household Furniture in the newest and most approved taste.
Page 220 - English taste and workmanship have, of late years, been much sought for by surrounding nations ; and the mutability of all things, but more especially of fashions, has rendered the labours of our predecessors in this line of little use : nay, at this day, they can only tend to mislead those Foreigners, who seek a knowledge of the PLATE LIV 71.1 I TA.IM English taste in the various articles of household furniture.