Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 189
lUus. 120.— Dutch Chair (backstretcher missing), 1710-1720. Chairs 163 Illustration 124 are carved upon the knee with anelaborate form of shell and a scroll. The splat isnot pierced, but has a curious design of ropes withtassels carved at the top. These chairs were madeabout 1740—1750. The backs of… … Illus. 121 and Ilius. 122.—Dutch Chairs, about 1740. chairs are made with the characteristic Dutch top,curving down into the side-posts with roundedends, with the effect of back and sides being in onepiece. A style of chair common during the first half 164 Furniture of the Olden Time of the…
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