Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 71
Illus. 28. — Serpentine-front Bureau, about 1785. drawers and the bracket feet, inlaid with fine linesof holly. The bracket feet and the handles wouldindicate that this bureau was made before 1789. A bureau of the finest Hepplewhite type is shownin Illustration 29, owned by Mrs. Charles H.… … Illus. 29. — Swell-front Inlaid Bureau, about 1795. curves of the lower edge, which are outlined with aline of holly, are unusually graceful ; the knobs arebrass. Illustration 30 shows the styles of handles chieflyfound upon pieces of furniture with drawers, after1770. A is a handle which was used…
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