The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . Fio. 1. Two Early American Chairs Formerly the Property of James Pierpont, President of Yale College. Both Show Dutch Courtesy of Mrs. William Channing Russell, Philadelphia. When we come to the William and Mary and QueenAnne furniture the workmanship is conspicuously bet-ter. Indeed, the New England joiners, cabinet-makersand chair-builders had become so proficient in their craftthat the product of their shops rivalled the output ofBriti
The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . Fio. 1. Two Early American Chairs Formerly the Property of James Pierpont, President of Yale College. Both Show Dutch Courtesy of Mrs. William Channing Russell, Philadelphia. When we come to the William and Mary and QueenAnne furniture the workmanship is conspicuously bet-ter. Indeed, the New England joiners, cabinet-makersand chair-builders had become so proficient in their craftthat the product of their shops rivalled the output ofBritish makers in staunchness and accuracy of contour. In nearly all of this furniture of early New Englandmake there is an exquisite simplicity combined with fas-cinating grace of line giving it a permanent artistic
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