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 202
art—Thomas Chippendale. He did not findit necessary to invent, but, basing his work upon theauthentic forms of the mobiliary craft, he added toevery style, from which he drew, the noble Englishqualities of sturdiness accompanied with grace, wonder-ful craftsmanship, and homelike character. With his… … CHIPPENDALE HOOP-BACKED CHAIR IN MAKERS EARLY MANNER (Uprights with stepped curve above seat; shaped and rarved seat-rail; carved cresting of cabriole extending to top of seat-rail; dolphin feet) CHIPPENDALE CHEST OF DRAWERS WITH DECORATIVE BRASS MOUNTS CHIPPENDALE GILT MIRROR FRAME CHIPPENDALE…
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