Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 89
ith age.The draperies are of a brownish color, possibly fromage, but at all events they are now dingy and un-attractive, whatever they may have been in 1774.The posts above the cabriole legs are small and plain,and there is no headboard. The wood is mahogany.This bedstead is now owned by the… … lllus. 46.—Claw-and-Ball Foot Bedstead, 1774. Bedsteads 67 Illustration 47 shows a bedstead made from oneof Hepplewhites designs, about 1789. The lowerposts are slender and fluted, and end in a squarefoot. Thecornice is ja-panned atterthe fashionwhich Hep-p 1 e w h i t emade sopopular, andthe style…
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