id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 54602 Pollen, John Hungerford Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork .txt text/plain 38990 1983 70 as carved chests and cabinets, decorated with the most finished wood These early pieces of furniture were probably executed in wood, The great period of Greek art began in the fifth century B.C.; but furniture made of wood and kept in use from the days of ancient Rome. England, France, and Germany, oak was the wood employed for furniture. The forms of chairs in use in Italy early in the fifteenth century kinds of wood furniture and decoration of houses delighted in doubling As the general material of furniture in the sixteenth century of remarkable pieces of carved wood furniture belonging to this period tenacious: and the work, like most of the old furniture carving, is chairs usual in the sixteenth century, and which were in general use great pieces of furniture fell into the same character of forms. carved ebony furniture, mainly chairs and cabinets, dating generally ./cache/54602.txt ./txt/54602.txt