The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . A. A B Fig. 7. A, Pierced Splat-back Arm Chair of Early Georgian Type; B, Square-backUpholstered Chair of Queen Anne-Early Georgian Period. ornamentation was added, at first on the edges and, lastof all, came the pierced splat (Fig. 7, A) in the processof development. Many of the earliest hoop-back chairs retain a highcarved or moulded cresting above the splat, a survivalof the high and elaborate cresting of William and Marydays (Fig. 6). But this cre
The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . A. A B Fig. 7. A, Pierced Splat-back Arm Chair of Early Georgian Type; B, Square-backUpholstered Chair of Queen Anne-Early Georgian Period. ornamentation was added, at first on the edges and, lastof all, came the pierced splat (Fig. 7, A) in the processof development. Many of the earliest hoop-back chairs retain a highcarved or moulded cresting above the splat, a survivalof the high and elaborate cresting of William and Marydays (Fig. 6). But this cresting soon disappeared andwe find in its stead only a simple cockle shell (Key V,10), or else a hollowed space suggesting a head rest(Fig. 4,^). Wing chairs had a comfortable flare (Key V, 4), QUEEN ANNE AND EARLY GEORGIAN 109 easy, flowing lines and cabriole legs, for the most partwithout stretchers. Some of the upholstered armchairs with wooden arms had backs that followed thecurving contour of side chairs. Arms were shaped andflared (Fig. 4, A) outward, the supports being broadlychamfered and curved and attached to the sides of theseat fr
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