Gay, Eben Howard, b. 1858 · New York, Longmans, Green, & Co. · leaf 86
uishableby the cross-veining chara(fleristic of the cruder processesof the glass-makers of that day. In spite of my efi^orts to repress the enthusiasm thatI inwardly felt for the antique, realizing how costly suchbetrayals are when made under the eye of an alert dealer,I found it was held at a… … CHINA CABINET Chippendale style. Body in three compartments, the middle one higher and broader thanthe wings, and surmounted by a ribbed pagoda roof in sweeping curves, beneath which runs an openfret design. From the topmost scrolls, as well as from the upper corners of the wings, hang…
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779 · Furniture -- Collectors and collecting
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