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 284
n-trary, was a faithful exponent of the curvilinear ten-dency that became so popular in the late seventeenthand early eighteenth centuries. In his chairs, sofas,and sideboards, curving lines were everywhere notice-able, and though straight lines were by no means absent,particularly in some of the… … GEORGE HEPPLEWHITE 205 of Sheratons designs were not a preponderatinginfluence. Sheratons work also exhibits a greater slen-derness and narrowness throughout. Some of theHepplewhite work, particularly his chair-backs, were ofgreat refinement and grace but, notwithstanding someindebtedness to…
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