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 164
he most usual form had but one section andwas low enough to use conveniently as a dressing stand.They had usually three to five drawers. The chests in QUEEN ANNE AND EARLY GEORGIAN 115 two sections, though still made with the upper portionslightly smaller than the lower, were practically dis-placed… … c£^ 0 «i£j? c&? $ S3? <&? 2> S3? Is- \ Fiq. 11. High Double Chest, with chamfered and fluted pilaster corners and straight bracket feet. chamfered edge delicately fluted. When the cornerswere not chamfered they were frequently adorned withfluted pilasters and carved capitals or, in…
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