The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 499
by the now omnipotent Batavian patterns. From the days of the Commonwealththe British cabinetmaker had shown increasingtechnical excellence. Reinforced by the importedDutch and refugee French workmen, the crafts-manship of English furniture from the times ofWilliam and Mary is little, if at all,… … FOOT. SOUTH KENSIMQTON MUSEUM. period when English decorative woodwork WILLIAM, ANNE, AND GEORGE L—1688-1727 381 partially in consequence of its practical limitation to the oak andother coarse-fibred woods—was coarse in comparison with theproductions of Italy, France, and other continental nations…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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