Period furnishings; an encyclopedia of historic furniture, decorations and furnishings (1911)
Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935 · New York, Clifford & Lawton · leaf 216
e clever-est was Shearer, a membero f the CabinetmakersSociety. He probably wasas well known in his day asllepplewhite. It is a curi-ous fact that while Hepple-whites book was full ofchairs Shearer makes noreference to a chair, a factpossibly due to an under-standing with Hepplewhiteto avoid his… … Hepplewhite chair backs were oval orshield shape and had a curved top. The basewas unsupported. Sheraton utilized straight-effects and where he used the shieldshape he broke the curve at the top.
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