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 308
of design. TYPES OF DECORATIVE DESIGN The types of decorative design to be found inHepplewhite furniture include all the classic motifsintroduced by the Brothers Adam. Among these wefind floral swags, acanthus leaves, pendent husks, roundand oval patera?, water leaf, sundry architectural de-tails… … HEPPLEWHITK CARVED MAHOGANY BEDSTEAD, FLUTED POSTS AND UNDERCUT FLORAL WREATHINGBy Courtesy of Mrs. Samuel D. Riddle, Glen Riddle, Pa.PLATE XXVIII GEORGE HEPPLEWHITE 223 Wales feathers, ears of wheat, and the lyre motif, thelast-named of which Sheraton appropriated. STRUCTURE In structure…
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