Gay, Eben Howard, b. 1858 · New York, Longmans, Green, & Co. · leaf 140
Gothic,rococo, the shell, modeled to life and in conventionalizedrunning pattern, the scroll, volute, rope-edge, the fret,both open and applied in relief, cartouches, the heads,paws, and talons of birds and animals, and, in thechoicest produ(5tions, mascarons bearing the humanfeatures. For the oak… … CHINA TABLE Chippendale style. The shaped top is bordered by an open fret railing,beneath which runs a rosette-and-ribbon band and a graceful shell borderwhich outlines the lower member. Cabriole legs, their knees decoratedwith acanthus, spring from the corners in curves flowing structurally…
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779 · Furniture -- Collectors and collecting
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