Dyer, Walter A. (Walter Alden), 1878-1943 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 364
o five—usually four—uprightspindles or balusters between turned stiles. Thesebalusters were turned and split, the flat side beingoccasionally toward the back but more often towardthe front. In this country the bannister-backs were made oftwo or three kinds of wood in a single chair and wereusually… … The oak gate-leg table, of Jacobean origin,was popular in England and the Coloniesduring the last half of the seventeenthcentury. This one, a fine example ofAmerican workmanship, is in the BollesCollection.
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