Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 210
was notthe lacquering which hadbeen fashionable during the Illus. 149. — Hepplewhite Chair. first half of the eighteenthcentury, with Chinese fig-ures, but it was a processof coating the chairs witha sort of lacquer varnish,and then painting themin gold or colors upon a ,,, .^.^ ^ i u-. nu ■ o r… … Chairs i8s A Hepplewhite chair with a back of quite a differ-ent design from the examples described previously,is shown in Illustration 149. The back is heart-shaped, and the ornamentation is of inlaying in lightand dark wood. This chair is one of four in thePoore collection at Ind-ian Hill. They…
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