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The furniture collectors' glossary (1913)

Lockwood, Luke Vincent, 1872-1951, Walpole society · New York Printed for the Society · leaf 28

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back Library. — An arm chair with a rather low and slightly raised at the center with a panel. The style followed that of solid wood curved back, in- the Louis XVI period. tended to be used at a desk. Called after a cabinetmaker Rocking. — A chair, the lower and designer of that name. ends of the… … oval or rectangular back set side. The back, circular in in pivots, which enables it to form, extending to each of be turned down upon the the side legs. arms, thus forming a table. Side. — A chair without arms. 12

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