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stances, as for the chased ornaments used to adorn furniture. The 

 variety of effects which may be obtained by what are called reserves 

 that is, by gilding certain parts, silvering others, here employing green 

 gold, and there red gold- has given to the ornamentation of furniture 



FIG. 462. Artistic furniture ornamented with incrustations obtained by e'lectro-plating 



a luxurious richness truly remarkable. As the reserves can be 

 hollowed as deep as may be wished and filled with metals of all 

 sorts, this richness does not exclude solidity. 



