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The furniture collectors' glossary (1913)

Lockwood, Luke Vincent, 1872-1951, Walpole society · New York Printed for the Society · leaf 24

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Capital. — Continued. Cabinet. — A small piece of fur- Corinthian and Ionic capi- niture containing drawers or tals. compartments — Etagere. Cable-Moulding. — See Mould- ing. Cabochon. — A convex ornament, usually round or oval, with a plain center. Cabriole Leg. — See Leg. Corinthian. — The… … Greeks, composed of acan- bottles. Cordial case. thus leaves and scrolls. It Capital. — The head of a col- may be of Greek or Roman umn. form. The latter is the Composite. — The capital of the more common. It appeared composite order, the Roman in the Renaissance in a great adaptation of the…

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