Don Mills, Ont. : Southam-MacLean Publications · leaf 96
e chairs ofthe late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.One inference to be drawn is that the passing of thecross rails between the legs in favor of the curved orcabriole leg is that manners were becoming more re-fined and chairs suffered less from rough usage thanthey did in the oak period.… … 20 CANADIAN WOODWORKER into fashion in England very largely in the time ofHenry the Eighth,and quickly gained in popularityl»v reason of its excellent wearing qualities. It is ofwalnut with brown, gilt, and colored Cordova-likeleather seat and back. A feature of the chairs of thisperiod were the…
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