Period furnishings; an encyclopedia of historic furniture, decorations and furnishings (1911)
Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935 · New York, Clifford & Lawton · leaf 118
te in chairs. Cane seats came in through the trading of theEast India Companies, but the exact date cannot befixed. It was in the neighborhood of 1640 in Eng-land, 1620 France; the poet Chaucer, in his Canter-bury Tales, 1400, mentions wicker chairs. Mahoganywas not used until after 1700. Inlay and… … 1680 1690. Note the French spirit in third table-leg, also those on extreme right. During the William and Mary period, about 1690, veneering became popular. [105]
Interior decoration · Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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