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 383
Fiq. 1. Sheraton Chair in Empire Taste. Fig. 2. Empire Chariot Chair. pattern. Similar chairs occurred with rush bottoms.In the latter, however, the front legs were generallystraight and turned. Side chairs were made with broad … Fiq. 3 Broad Top-Rail Characteristics. top rails (Fig. 3) perceptibly curved to the shape ofthe back, like the top rail of a curule chair, and theuprights were curved slightly forward or else the broadflat top rail was rolled over and supported on uprights THE EMPIRE PERIOD 279 scrolled slightly…
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