. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . e art of lacquering, and,whilst never attaining to the proficiency of the Eastern craftsmen,made very fair imitations of the process. CHAIRS Until almost as late as William accession, the stool was probably the more usual seat for meals. Its continental forms were also introduced into this country, but the increased numbers and varieties of chairs, home-manufactured and imported, from the days of the Restoration secured the pre-eminence of the chair hence-forth. Many as were the formsof the chair made in Englandfrom 1688
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . e art of lacquering, and,whilst never attaining to the proficiency of the Eastern craftsmen,made very fair imitations of the process. CHAIRS Until almost as late as William accession, the stool was probably the more usual seat for meals. Its continental forms were also introduced into this country, but the increased numbers and varieties of chairs, home-manufactured and imported, from the days of the Restoration secured the pre-eminence of the chair hence-forth. Many as were the formsof the chair made in Englandfrom 1688 to 1727, the moredecorative varieties may beconveniently divided intotwo main groups :— (a) Those with pierced,scrolled, deep rails usually cane-seated and withturned or scrolled legs; a type continued fromthe days of the Stuarts; and (b) Those with sinuously outlined, hoop andsplat backs, the especial products of the period—these latter usually upon cabriole legs and THE MASTERS CHAIR, PARISH kuowu as Hogarth chairs, after their contem- CXERKS COMPANY. PKE-.
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