The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 547
a step. In many cases the earlier high chests of drawers with six legs were resolved into their two parts, the chest being stood upon the floor, and its stand utilised as a toilet-table. Figured walnut veneer and in-lays supplanted the raised mouldings arranged in geometrical patterns, bosses,… … OAK CHEST. EARLY WILUAM AND MARY.SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. 422 DECORATIYE FURNITURE planted on round the edge of the drawer itself (B); this in its turnwas succeeded by a moulding worked on the face of the drawer frontwhich is rebated out tooverlap the framework (C). These seemingly minordifferences…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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