The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 551
handles of the period, sufficedto form decorative contrast to the oak,walnut, or laburnum veneered work. Carvingfell into comparative disuse. The development of the writing-bureauwas the outcome of that of the chest.The bureau, the seat, and the chest areindeed the most important factors in… … EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (UPON MODERNSTAND). HON. PERCY WJ-NDHAM. furniture:- WIT J J AM, ANNE, AND GEORGE I.—1688-1727 423 CABINETS. enclosed as to their upper parts, and supported by openwork framing,of the simple type of the preceding period, continued in favour. Theywere usually inlaid with typical…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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