Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 344
work. These qualities appear especially in the furniture and the metalwork, in which many of the motives above described were used. Thestraight line and right an-gle dominate the designof tables, bureaux anddesks, cabinets, commodesand armoires (Fig. 194!;PL IX, 4). While ve-neering, inlays of… … A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT Chairs still had curved arms and sometimes curved backs,but the legs of both chairs and tables were alwaysstraight and tapered downwards (Figs. 194, 195). Thetapestries of the upholstering were woven with designs
Decoration and ornament
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