The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 291
ed the absence of arms from the chairsupon which they sat), greatly fostered thefashion for textile fabrics, and encouraged theelaborate upholstery — the chief novelty inearly Jacobean furnishings of the wealthy. The upholder indeedmust, in early Jacobean days, have been a busy and wealthy… … UPHOLSTERED CHAIR. KNOLE. 212 DECORATIVE FURNITURE iie^-nc^l; work fabrics contributed as greatly to the vogue of upholsteredfurniture as the increased comfort. Cushions were used for thecaned furniture, as they had been for its more solid forerunners;whilst at times the old wall hangings were cut…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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