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Plate II.
FURNITURE
Fig. 1.—Front of Oak Coffer with wrought iron bands.
French, 2nd half of 13th century.
Fig. 2.—English Oak Chest, dated 1637.
Fig. 3.—Italian (Florentine) Coffer of Wood with gilt arabesque
stucco ornament, about 1480.
Fig. 4.—Italian “Cassone” or Marriage Coffer, 13th century.
Carved and gilt wood with painted front and ends.
Fig. 5.—Walnut Table with expanding leaves. Swiss, 17th century. Fig. 6.—Oak Gate-Legged Table. English,
17th century.
Fig. 7.—Writing Table. French, end of Louis XV. period.
Riesener marquetry, ormolu mounts and Sèvres plaques.
Fig. 8.—Painted Satin-Wood Tables, in the style of Sheraton,
about 1790.
(The above are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, except Fig. 8, which were in the Bethnal Green Exhibition, 1892.)