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Resources were scarce because most material was diverted to the war effort, so it was rare for homes to be repainted or refurnished during this time. This lovely print is plate ten in the series and depicts an industrious craftsman mending chairs outside a simple house. A history of the chair, from ancient greece to modern times. Cries of london, plate 10, old chairs to mend by francis.
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