The Jacob Paxson Temple collection of early American furniture and objects of art [electronic resource] (1922)
Anderson Galleries, Inc, Temple, Jacob Paxson · New York : Anderson Galleries · leaf 10
fancies that we find in certainEnglish types, following the French rocaille at its worst, ormasquerading in an imaginary Chinese disguise. They rather fol-lowed the Chippendale type developed for the high English bour-geoisie and, far away from court atmosphere, they aimed at sturdi-ncss and… … XKKIH.KWOKK SKAT, ABOUT 17G.5 AHOlT 1770 American furniture of this period to a definite maker. The Ameri-can craftsmen were not in the habit of branding their pieces as theFrench did. Their names are known to us only through the adver-tisements which they published in the newspapers, or in very…
Temple, Jacob Paxson · Furniture, Early American
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