. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . WALNUT CANE-BACKED ANNE. SEXTED 1716. porary, our British Rabelais of the brusli. WILLIAM, ANNE, AND GEORGE I—1688-1727 415 So far from the first or Stuart forms of chair falling intoimmediate neglect, the scrolly tendency in chair design increasedduring the earlier half of William and Marys reign. Lightnesswas, however, more sought after, and possiblyto that end, the straight stretchers of theunderframe were supplanted by light railsto connect the legs, usually diagonal orX-shaped in plan, and certainly not so stro
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . WALNUT CANE-BACKED ANNE. SEXTED 1716. porary, our British Rabelais of the brusli. WILLIAM, ANNE, AND GEORGE I—1688-1727 415 So far from the first or Stuart forms of chair falling intoimmediate neglect, the scrolly tendency in chair design increasedduring the earlier half of William and Marys reign. Lightnesswas, however, more sought after, and possiblyto that end, the straight stretchers of theunderframe were supplanted by light railsto connect the legs, usually diagonal orX-shaped in plan, and certainly not so than one cause probably conduced to.
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