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224 the walls of the rooms. Judged hy itself its simple severity gives an impression of the constrained power which accompanies the work of the brothers, and the lyre back is especially good. No. 121, English Pexdkxt Clock wrrn Chime. — A form of clock which the Dutch made peculiarly this particular exliibit lies in its pierced brass work ornamentation, and in its engraved dial. No. 122, Flemish MAiiauETEHiE Cabinet, is a capital example of this class of work. The propor- tions are fairly good, but its beauty consists cliiefly in the inlaid panel of conventional foliage with which

FLEMISH CHAIR AND ITALIAN COFFER,

their own, hut its general architectural form and treatment, of which the domical top, used as a bell, is a feature, would ]3robably mark it as North Italian in its first origin. The same form was employed on standard clocks, and the enclosing of chains and weights in a case formed the first steps to the ordinary upright case clock. The beauty of it is ornamented, a treatment which is a feature common to the work of this class executed in the Low Countries. The ground is of satin wood and the inlays used are the ordinary dye woods, the tints being obtained by staining. The shading is given by means of hot sand. Francis H. Newman.