. International studio. oys, and the exhibitioncontains a rare set of thesepieces, with all the originalparts intact, even though ina dilapidated condition. Chairs, perhaps, are themost interesting types of fur-niture, for they quickly reflectevery change of style or modeof living. Following thewainscot chairs of the Ja-cobean period came the elaborately carved oneswith caned seats, showing Flemish in the early Eighteenth century there cameto us, under the name of Queen Anne, chairswith the Dutch cabriole leg and broad, flat through this century the American cabinetma
. International studio. oys, and the exhibitioncontains a rare set of thesepieces, with all the originalparts intact, even though ina dilapidated condition. Chairs, perhaps, are themost interesting types of fur-niture, for they quickly reflectevery change of style or modeof living. Following thewainscot chairs of the Ja-cobean period came the elaborately carved oneswith caned seats, showing Flemish in the early Eighteenth century there cameto us, under the name of Queen Anne, chairswith the Dutch cabriole leg and broad, flat through this century the American cabinetmakers combined the various styles, and we findin the exhibition chairs with rounded (Dutch) backsand splayed (Spanish) feet, or stepped (Spanish)backs and cabrioled (Dutch) legs. The pine pan-eling which came from a Connecticut house builtabout the middle of the Eighteenth century forms agood setting for these transition pieces. The Dutch back was the foundation for the styleadopted by the English cabinet maker, Chippen-. Courlrsy Melropolilan Musritm oj Art SIX-LEGGED HIGHBOY END OF SEVENTEENTH CENTURY HUDSON-FULTONEXHIBITION Courtesy Metropolitan Museum oj Art LOWBOY HUDSON-FITLTON EXHIBITION XCII Hudson-Fulton Furniture Exhibition dale. The books of designs published by him andby the other English cabinet makers—Sheraton,Hepplewhite and the brothers^enabled allto copy them, and much furniture in these styleswas made in America. Oak was succeeded by walnut and mahogany,which were better suited to the open carving andlight pieces. In different sections of this countryspecial types of furniture were made. As Connec-ticut is noted for its chests, so Newport became re-nowned during the second half of the Eighteenthcentury for its mahogany desks and bureaus withblocked fronts car\^ed in shells. This style is ex-tremely well represented by a cabinet desk loaned byMr. Richard Canfield, a slant top desk from the col-lection of Mr. George S. Palmer, of New London,a knee-hole
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