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 233
. High chests of drawers were similar to the lowchests, except that the upper section of four drawersin depth was superadded. In the upper section of these 168 PRACTICAL BOOK OF PERIOD FURNITURE high chests the corners often contained quarter-roundsection fluted pillars (Key XVIII, 6; Plate XLIII,… … Fig. 7. Double Chest of Drawers, Bracket Feet. Tops were sometimes straight, sometimes sur-mounted with a pediment either straight, broken or ofthe scroll swan-neck type. Fronts of the high chests were commonly straight. A third type of chest was occasionally found con-sisting of three separate…
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