Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 163
lass is used, it is alwaysbevelled plate; a tiny Classic balustrade frequently crowns the articles;and they are decorated to the last point with carvings in the face, some-times of birds, fruit, figures, but usually with conventional treatment, andlargely of mere floral suggestions. The Queen Anne… … straight and square, with right lines and angles, it yet contrives to have awant of formality and a freedom from restraint, and always seems to beenriched with a flavor of the past. A great deal of furniture that may fairly pass under the head of QueenAnne may be found with those families here that…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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