Period furnishings; an encyclopedia of historic furniture, decorations and furnishings (1911)
Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935 · New York, Clifford & Lawton · leaf 207
andball for the foot of the leg. As early as 1720 we findveneered mahogany, becausefrom 1715 to 1720 the solidwood was not only very ex-pensive but hard to manipu-late. By 1721 Walpole was inpower and set the fashion formahogany in his use of it forthe magnificent doors atHoughton, which he began… … Furniture on this pageChippendale.
Interior decoration · Furniture · Decoration and ornament
Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
