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 214
ly. Inpieces of English and Chinese type we do not findwaved, arched or ogeed aprons, while in some of theFrench pieces, on the other hand, aprons are shaped toreceive (Plate XIV, p. 148) the embellishment of carv-ing. Several kinds of bracket feet are used for cabinetwork but the ogee style is… … CHIPPENDALE 155 CHAIRS Of all pieces of furniture, chairs are the most sensi-tive to new influences, and the quickest to indicate achange of style. How this was true in a general wayhas been previously mentioned. How it was true in aparticular way, namely in the case of Thomas Chippen-dale or the…
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