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 434
ss Mary H. Northend, Salem, Mass. PLATE XLV OTHER AMERICAN FURNITURE 313 stretchers and sometimes turned legs enjoyed particu-lar favour. The chair shown in one of the illustrationsis supposed to have belonged to William Penn (Fig. 4)and is now preserved in the collection of the Pennsyl-vania… … a p^=0<«*=^ s FlQ. 4. William Penn Slat-Back, Rush-Bottom Chair.In Collection of Pennsylvania Historical Society. found even in the houses of the wealthy, and the moreelegant furniture was reserved for the best rooms.The favourite form of turning was vase and ball (KeyXVIII, 1; Fig. 4) and…
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