Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 69
is almostimpossible to findany genuine oldpieces of Dutchmarqueterie. A bureau withserpentine front isshown in Illustra-tion 27. It is madein two sections, theupper part with fourdrawers being setinto the mouldingaround the base inthe same manner asthe top part of ahigh-boy sets into the lower… … lllus. 27. — Serpentine-front Bureau,about 1770. 46 Furniture of the Olden Time Hepplewhite became fashionable, bureaus were madewith a fine bead moulding upon the edge of thedrawer itself or without any moulding. The serpentine-front bureau in Illustration 28belongs to Mrs. Johnson-Hudson of…
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