Litchfield, Frederick · London : G. Bell and Sons · leaf 44
nd. Occasionallywhat appears to be an old buffet, chair, or credencecomes to light, but a careful examination will gener-ally reveal the fact, that, while a panel or a pieceof carved ornament is of the period, the remainderhas been made in the style of such a piece of fur- 24 FRENCH FURNITURE… … ARMCHAIR IN TAPESTRY (EARLY LOUIS QUATORZE) first time, made with arms; the legs and stretcherswere visible and were of oak or walnut wood, thehigh backs and .seats were covered with tapestryfrom the looms of Beauvais. There is a kind ofmarqueterie which we now identify with this period;it is rich…
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