Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 194
.— Easy-chair with Dutch Legs, 1750. and Mayhew, 1765; Robert Manwaring, 1765; R.and J. Adam, 1773 ; and others of less note. Chippendale drew most of his ideas trom theFrench, notably in the wav of ornamentation, butthe form of his chairs was developed chiefly fromthe Dutch style, with the bandy… … Illus. 128.—Claw-and-ball-foot Easy-chair. 1750. ous styles Chippendale adapted, and employed withsuch success that his was the strongest influence ofthe century upon furniture, and for a period of overthirty years it was supreme. The claw-and-ball foot does not appear upon any Chairs 169
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