The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods (1914)
Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, McClure, Abbot, 1879- · Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott Company · leaf 116
re used in the back insteadof caning. The tops of the upholstered backs werestraight across (Fig. 2) or else shaped in Spanish wisewith cyma curves and semi-circle, resembling in gen-eral outline the hooded cabinet work (Fig. 3). Up-rights of carved or caned chairs were ordinarily bal-uster turned.… … Fig. 2. Upholstered Square-back Arm-chair with StraightCarved and Turned Legs.By Courtesy of Chapman Dec-orative Co., Philadelphia. 78 PRACTICAL BOOK OF PERIOD FURNITURE cross-rail just above the seat line. This cross-rail hadscroll work or carving below to carry out a correspond-ence with the…
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