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 378 Hijiory of Do?neflic Manners the Palazzo Strozzi at Florence. One of the group, it will be obferved, has a long fpike, intended to hold a large candle. Candleflicks fixed to the wall in various manners are feen in manufcripts of the fifteenth century ; and an example is given in our cut No. 248, taken from a part Ladies Seated. of the fame illumination of Froiffart mentioned before. The candle is here placed before a little image, on the upper part of the fireplace, but whether this was for a religious purpofe or not, is not clear. In this cut, the three princeffes are feated on the large chair or fettle, which is turned with its back to the fire. This important article of furniture is now found in the parlour as well as in the hall.