Catalogue of the art department of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. MDCCCLXXXIII (1883)
New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute (Boston, Mass.), author, Robinson, Frank T. (Frank Torrey), 1845-1898, writer of preface · Boston, Mass. : Cupples, Upham & Co. · leaf 177
AMERICAN ART FURNITURE … plague-stricken parlor, closed to the every-day visitor by our domestic board of economy, composed of our wife and our superstition, lest a ray of sunshine should vivify the germs of that fatal disease, extravagance, lurking within the prison-like apartment, ready to spread its contagious poison…
New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute (Boston, Mass.) · Art, American · Beeldende kunsten
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