The practical book of early American arts and crafts (1916)
Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, McClure, Abbot, 1879-, Bainbridge, Mabel Foster, 1885- · Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott Company · leaf 396
instances of its WOOD AND STONE CARVING 307 architectural use may be found. It was also used forsmall objects of household utility (Fig. 1, A and B). Mahogany was used solely for furniture; with rareexceptions for other purposes. Other woods than the four mentioned were some-times met with, but not… … Fig. 3. Carved Pine Capital of Pilaster, undercut or carved in the round, EighteenthCentury. Collection of Pennsylvania Historical Society. to all intents, the same as the articles of contemporaryEnglish manufacture, save that, in the English work,there is, as a rule, greater nicety of finish. In…
Decorative arts -- United States History · Collectors and collecting
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