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 394
style was modifiedon our side of the Atlantic to suit the preferences andconvenience of American cabinet-makers. A compari-son between the French and American expressions ofthe Empire style, especially American Empire in itslater phases, will show that our craftsmen of the periodallowed themselves… … AMERICAN EMPIRE PAINTED AND PARCEL GILT FLAP-TOP TABLE By Courtesy of Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury, Philadelphia
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