Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 186
e with-out stretchers, and thesplat is pierced at thetop. A chair which retainsthe form of the Dutchchair, with Eaglesfoot and shell on theKnee, is shown in Il-lustration 123, but thesplat is cut in an elabo-rate design, with thecentre opening heart-shaped, which was theshape of the… … Illus. 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, hut has a curious design of ropes withtassels carved at the top. These chairs were madeabout 1740—1750. The backs of…
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