Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 520
ugh there are many pieces of the William-and-Mary and Queene Anne periods (1689-1714) of whichwe cannot be quite certain whether they were of home 410 COLONIAL ORNAMENT IN AMERICA or foreign production (Fig. 316). Even in the 17thcentury there had been a sporadic production of piecesof considerable… … Fig. 316.—Carved Details of Chair-Back,William and Mary Style. of chairs of the second half of the century—Chippen-dale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite (see pp. 379, 380) —were freely imitated after 1775, and the native cabinet-makers of that time also developed types of their ownin chests of drawers…
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