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 131
a tall double-hooded cabinet with finialornaments. The fourth sort was theknee-hole secretary with arecess in the middle to make room for the knees of thewriter. At the sides were tiers of drawers. The deskpart either opened straight or with a slant flap, andthere was usually no superstructure.… … Fig. 7. Small Secretary with TypicalInverted Cup Legs and Shaped FlatStretchers. By Courtesy of Mr. R. W. Lehne,Philadelphia. WILLIAM AND MARY 89 turned legs braced by serpentine fiat stretchers at theirshoulders and flat-shaped stretchers just above thefeet. The two central legs swung out like the…
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