The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 115
and copied from them by Englishcraftsmen. It is difficult to decide w^hether earlycabriole-legged Colonial chairs are of Dutch or Englishmanufacture, but from the days of Queen Anne thecurve of the cabriole was modified and a distinctlyEnglish rendering was evolved—less bandy than theChinese or… … PLATE LXI MAHOGANY CABINET-TOPPED BLOCK-FRONT SCRUTOIR Messrs. Beown & Ivks, Bankei-s, Providence, U.S.A. Circa 1775 MAHOGANY AND GILT CONSTITUTION MIRROR Hon. J. K. Buck, Hartford, Conn., U.S.A. Circa 1776 High or cabinet-top scrutoirs—or bureaus, to use their later butmore generally adopted…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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