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 403
f the shape of thearms (Fig. 1, D), which are likewise generally carvedin front with that cheerful device showering abroad itsfruity blessings; the Greek curve-end sofa with rolled-over arms (Key XVI, 1; Fig. 1, C) and legs turned out-ward toward the side with lion feet (Key XVI, 1; Fig.1, C) or… … Fig. 3. Sofa of Characteristic Phyfe Contour. arms, and various other patterns, all more or less simi-lar, that may be recognised in general characteristicsalready mentioned. The Phyfe sofas have legs of thecurule pattern (Fig. 3, Plate XL, p. 290), often withbrass-mounted claw feet (Fig. 5). The…
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