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Synopsis
Excerpt from French and English Furniture: Distinctive Styles and Periods Described and Illustrated
In many instances tbe collector is forced to buy tbe survi vals of wbatever period be fancies, instead of being able to select for reproduction tbe more artistic specimens tbat bave perisbed, and bis rooms are filled witb anacbronisms because be cannot find articles to complete bis set of furniture. Tbe reproduction of a beautiful model will give more pleasure to a person of taste tban a piece of furniture wbose only recom mendation is tbat it is an antique and I tbink many per sons will sympatbize witb me in my desire to see correct re productionsof beautgful models of furniture multiplied, as well as tbe textiles tbat accord wit/z tbem.
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