The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 548
eriod, sufficedto form decorative contrast to the oak,walnut, or laburnum veneered work. Carvingfell into comparative disuse. The development of the writing-bureauwas the outcome of that of the chest.The bureau, the seat, and the chest areindeed the most important factors in wood-work modes of the… … WILLIAM, ANNE, AND GEORGE I.—1688-1727 423 CABINETS, enclosed as to their upper parts, and supported by openwork framing,of the simple type of the preceding period, continued in favour. Theywere usually inlaid with typical marqueterie during William andMarys days, which was practically abandoned…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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