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The present state of old English furniture (1921)

Symonds, R. W. (Robert Wemyss), 1889-1958 · New York : Frederick A. Stokes · leaf 154

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t leg is made at an acute angle,whereas the leg of a stool is at a right angle. Therefore, in applyingchair legs to a stool, the two wings at each side of the knee of thecabriole leg, which are always made in separate pieces from the leg,cannot both be in line with the outer edge of the framework… … Fig. 60. A mahogany Settee, arms terminating in small lion heads.Circa 1730. Col. C.

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