The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . rawers, console cabinets, secretaries, bookcases, side-board tables, pedestals, mirrors and clocks. CONTOUR In contour the style introduced by the BrothersAdam struck an entirely new note. As previously men-tioned, the curving structural lines so much favouredduring the Chippendale period were practically droppedand the rectilinear element, one might almost say theangular element, again became supreme. Curving linesin occasional serpentine fronts or i
The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . rawers, console cabinets, secretaries, bookcases, side-board tables, pedestals, mirrors and clocks. CONTOUR In contour the style introduced by the BrothersAdam struck an entirely new note. As previously men-tioned, the curving structural lines so much favouredduring the Chippendale period were practically droppedand the rectilinear element, one might almost say theangular element, again became supreme. Curving linesin occasional serpentine fronts or in half round tablesand console cabinets were often met with, to be sure,but the directness of the straight structural line every-where asserted itself. All the furniture was lighter andmore graceful in character. Legs were frequentlytapered and had spade feet (Key X, 3, 4 and 5), otherlegs were round and fluted (Plate XXII, p. 190). Mould- 190 PRACTICAL BOOK OF PERIOD FURNITURE ings and cornices were small and exceedingly refined indetail (Fig. 1, A and B). Carcase work, save in semi-circular console cabinets, was purely rectilinear. Tops. 7
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