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Updated: October 19, 2026
Hornby returned with the manuscript book, fastened by a patent lock, and ornamented with an elaborate monogram. "I never keep any songs that other people have, so I am obliged to guard my spécialités under lock and key," and she held out her arm to Colonel Dashwood to unclasp a bracelet, the medallion of which opened on touching a spring, and disclosed a gold key.
Ivory inlaying was largely executed in Milan and Venice; mosaics of marble were specialites of Rome and of Florence, and were much applied to the decoration of cabinets; Venice was busy manufacturing carved walnutwood furniture in buffets, cabinets, Negro page boys, elaborately painted and gilt, and carved mirror frames, the chief ornaments of which were cupids and foliage.