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 208
rs and tables; though how theycould close their eyes to the innumerable cabriole repre-sentatives is a mystery. Another feature that he retained and elaborated CHIPPENDALE 149 was the general outline of the splat in chair-backs.This splat, or panel, that had commonly been solid inthe chairs of the… … Fiq. 1. Carved and Gilt Chippendale Mirror.By Courtesy of Augustus Van Cortlandt, Jr., Sharon, Conn. rated the C and S scrolls (Plate XIV, p. 148) that theQueen Anne chairmakers had employed so extensively.His method of adapting and introducing these scrollsshowed both originality and ingenuity. So…
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