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Specimens of ancient furniture

Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 1783-1848, Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873 · 1866 · London : Henry G. Bohn · 15 pictures

A plate-based survey of historic furniture published in London in 1866 by Henry G. Bohn, drawing on the work of Samuel Rush Meyrick and Henry Shaw for a general audience of collectors and antiquaries. The engraved plates show carved cups, turned table legs, a panelled ceiling and ornate stands in fine hatched line, with decorative strapwork and scrollwork a designer could draw on for ornament.

Furniture · Furniture, Ancient

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library