Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 161
tab-lished traditions; a Renaissance, in fact, but less strict and refined than the style to which the term is usually applied. Mr. Stevenson,another authority on such matters, said of the style that, fundamentally, inits system of construction and in its forms of moulding, the Queen Anneforms were… … Hanging Cabinets of Chippendales Design. Mr. Spiers declared that principles were entirely wanting in this style, andthere was nothing whatever to reason from. Meanwdiile, although thisvoice maintained that it was free Classic, and that one that it was gottenup by a clique of Gothic devotees, and…
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