Period furnishings; an encyclopedia of historic furniture, decorations and furnishings (1911)
Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935 · New York, Clifford & Lawton · leaf 244
graphically. We must discriminatebetween New England and the South,between early and late. We mustunderstand the conditions, whether oftown or country, because the typesvaried. One is prone to regard in this coimtry the c.;ar-acteristic Colonialform as that formw h i c h presentedOriental… … England it was broadly characterized as QueenAnne. The early colonists enjoyed the same comfortsas their English brothers, and surprising as it mayseem, the earliest settlements were furnished withwindow glass, at a period in England called Jacobean,when window glass was a luxury. In 1629 one of…
Interior decoration · Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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