Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 49
the Classic, havingconquered the Gothic, was constantly struggling with the Eococo, andeven with the Chinese; but Chippendale and Sheraton, in spite of somesacrifices to the Moloch of the hour, made a few excellent designs forfurniture, among them some for tables. Several of Chippendales thatare… … Flemish Tablet THE TABLE. 45 ably out of deference to the love of tea and china that was just thenepidemic. To-day we employ freely whatever beautiful forms have been in-vented when not altogether beyond our reach; but we discard the bar-barous splendor of our ancestors, and consider our plain…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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