Paris as It Was and as It Is A Sketch Of The French Capital, Illustrative Of The Effects Of The Revolution

LETTER LXXXI.

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French Furniture--The events of the revolution have contributed to improve the taste of persons connected with the furnishing line --Contrast between the style of the furniture in the Parisian houses in 1789-90 and 1801-2--_Les Gobelins_, the celebrated national manufactory for tapestry--_La Savonnerie_, a national manufactory for carpeting--National manufactory of plate-glass.