Hayden, Arthur, 1868-1946, Phillips, Hugh, b. 1886 · Toronto : Bell and Cockburn · leaf 58
.MONKS BENCH. C. 1650. With back convertible into tabic- lop. Exceptionally large back.(Note early plainness of style.) (By courtesy of Messrs. A. B. Daniell c^ Sons.) … OAK CHEST WITH DRAWERS UNDERNEATH. Termed a Mule Chest. The earliest form of chest of drawers. This piece in stvle is Middle Seventeenth Century, but is dated 1701. 53 SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY STYLES 55 drawers, the prototype of the form in use to-day.As an instance of this lingering of fashion the…
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