. The Saturday evening post. land,the chateaux of France, and the castles of Italy. Here they came to light—thetrue originals of the period-furniture styles. And Mr. Edisons designers adaptedseventeen of these masterpieces for the modern American home. Period Furniture is a heritage of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. TheGeorges reigned in England, and the Louis ruled in France. Fine living was the ideal of the day. Men of artistic genius were lionized by fairladies, and made wealthy through the lavish patronage of kings. Architectsconjured up monumental palaces. Landscape artists set them
. The Saturday evening post. land,the chateaux of France, and the castles of Italy. Here they came to light—thetrue originals of the period-furniture styles. And Mr. Edisons designers adaptedseventeen of these masterpieces for the modern American home. Period Furniture is a heritage of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. TheGeorges reigned in England, and the Louis ruled in France. Fine living was the ideal of the day. Men of artistic genius were lionized by fairladies, and made wealthy through the lavish patronage of kings. Architectsconjured up monumental palaces. Landscape artists set them in fairy illumined their walls with imperishable canvases. Unparalleled designersand craftsmen furnished their interiors. This era of luxury produced Chippendale, Sheraton, and other masters of theEnglish, French, and Italian schools. It brought the cabinet-makers art to its mostexquisite development. It was aptly named The Golden Age of Furniture. Two centuries later came a momentous development in Louis XIV Tfie N EW EDISON in 17 period cabinets
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