The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant : with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture ...
A 1910 Chicago furniture trade manual by Fred T. Hodgson, written for cabinet makers and furniture designers, with plates of period furniture, ornament and carved details. The pictures show engraved cabinets, stands and chairs in Empire and Renaissance styles, with carved scrolls, lion masks and foliage a designer could adapt for ornament and furniture profiles.
