Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 208
Illus. 147 and IIlus. 148. — Hepplewhite Chairs. rails of the back are exquisitely carved. Chairs ofthis design, with the ornament of inlay instead ofcarving, are also found. The chair in Illustration 148 belongs to W. S. G.Kennedy, Esq., of Worcester. The rails are notcarved or inlaid, but the… … A specialty of Hepple-whites was what he termsa very elegant fashion.The chair-backs were fin-ished with painted or ja-panned work. This was notthe lacquering which hadbeen fashionable during the lllus. 149. — Hepplewhite Chair. first half of the eighteenthcentury, with Chinese fig-ures, but it was…
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