Pennsylvania Museum BulletinNumber 33, January 1911 . ral painted designs on the leather. Small brass nails form a finish owthe edges of the chest. It is quite a uni()ue specimen, and is remarkable instyle and quality. Next to the English mahogany eighteenth centur_\- alcove has l^een placed 1^ The Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions During the XVTI. andXVIII. Centuries, pp. 156 and foil. ?• The Dutch conducted a hrisk trade with Asia. By the middle of the seventeenthcentury they Ixgan to imitate the Chinese and Japanese lacquering, undoubtedly forcommercial purposes. (3) At this time
Pennsylvania Museum BulletinNumber 33, January 1911 . ral painted designs on the leather. Small brass nails form a finish owthe edges of the chest. It is quite a uni()ue specimen, and is remarkable instyle and quality. Next to the English mahogany eighteenth centur_\- alcove has l^een placed 1^ The Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions During the XVTI. andXVIII. Centuries, pp. 156 and foil. ?• The Dutch conducted a hrisk trade with Asia. By the middle of the seventeenthcentury they Ixgan to imitate the Chinese and Japanese lacquering, undoubtedly forcommercial purposes. (3) At this time Chinese taste was predominant, and the design in c|uestion is usedvery commonly as may be seen in the illustrations of Chinese mahogany furniture repro-duced for instance by Percy Macquoit in his History of English Furniture, London,1906, p. 57. Also fi-^. 140, 133 and indeed many other pieces of the period, as well asin the fretwork of the charming table dated 1770, illustrated bv Lenvgon, loc. cit. fig. 71. BULLETIN OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM. Q BULLETIN OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM the American Colonial room, the mahogany claw and ball, cabriole-leg styleof which is so closely allied to the Queen Anne and Georgian orders. Thisroom is almost entirely furnished with inherited furniture loaned by Stevenson. One of the most striking pieces is a fine pie-crusttable, the tripod legs of which are elaborately carved ; a bookcase with clawand ball feet, and scroll and flame top, also is finely carved. Following this, a room is provided for American Empire style furniture,of which the principal feature is a fine, brass inlaid and mounted sideboard,the becjuest of Miss Elizabeth Gratz. With it are two fine, brass inlaid knife-boxes. There is also a small brass-mounted lyre table loaned by Mr. Cor-nelius Stevenson. The gift or loan of old Empire chairs and such o])jects, which might fitin this room, is earnestly solicited. A French room furnished in Louis X\ style is fitte
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