Chats on old furniture : a practical guide for collectors (1906)
Hayden, Arthur, 1868-1946 · New York : F. A. Stokes · leaf 122
st be borne in mind that in Italy thesofter woods, such as lime, willow, sycamore, chestnut,walnut, and cypress, had long been used for thedelicate carving during the height of the Renaissanceand succeeding period, and in France and Spainchestnut and walnut were favourite woods. STUART OR JACOBEAN… … Py petmssioji fMessrs. II ajitiff OAK CHEST OF DRAWERS. LATE JACOBEAN. (Height, 3 ft. 3 in. ; width, 3 ft. ; depth, I ft. 10 in.) these cane panels and seats. The illustration (p. 122)shows a Jacobean chair of this period. Belonging to these later Jacobean days are chestsof drawers of oak with…
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