old families, and many fineexamples of inlaid work were thus forced upon the market. They were delightfulpieces, but they had no more to do with Queen Anne than they had with Kinc;Nebuchadnezzar. Both Pepys and Evelyn have frequent references to the furniture of thelatter part of the 17th Century.… … FIG. 25. CHIPlENDALE. Dutch tiles, then a new fashion ; the ceihngswere white ; and the best chamber was hungwith tapestry. Evelyn speaks of the importationof Japanese fans and cabinets, and a yellowpaper exceeding glorious and pretty to lookat. CHIPPENDALE. I ^HERE were soon to appear on the scene…
Interior decoration · Furniture
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