A history of oak furniture . ALMS-BOX, DATED I5S9. IN DOVERCOLKT CHURCH, ESSEX. PLATE SECRETAIRE, DATED 1594. THE UPPER PORTION IS OF CAMPHOR OR CYPRESS- WOOD, AND IS OF ITALIAN ORIGIN. THESE SECRETAIRES WERE OFTEN PROVIDED WITH A SUBSTRUCTURE OF OAK UPON THEIR IMPORTATION INTO ENGLAND, AS IN THESPECIMEN SHOWN. AUTHORS COLLECTION. Plate XLV.

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