The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . A B Fig. 2. Late Types of Sheraton Chairs. Uprights were either turned and moulded (Fig. 1,B and C) or flat and moulded (Fig. l,AyI-, Fig. 9) andthe tops were dowelled to them. The backs were filledwith vertical balusters or bars (Key XIII, 3; Fig. 1, Cand E), with diagonal lattices (Fig. 1, B and H), withvase or lyre motifs (Key XIII, 1 and 2; Fig. 1, A and7), with horizontal bars (Key XIII, 4; Fig. 1, F), withcane work (Key XIII, 6; Fig. 2, B, Plate
The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . A B Fig. 2. Late Types of Sheraton Chairs. Uprights were either turned and moulded (Fig. 1,B and C) or flat and moulded (Fig. l,AyI-, Fig. 9) andthe tops were dowelled to them. The backs were filledwith vertical balusters or bars (Key XIII, 3; Fig. 1, Cand E), with diagonal lattices (Fig. 1, B and H), withvase or lyre motifs (Key XIII, 1 and 2; Fig. 1, A and7), with horizontal bars (Key XIII, 4; Fig. 1, F), withcane work (Key XIII, 6; Fig. 2, B, Plate XXXIII,p. 244), or with combinations of these elements. THOMAS SHERATON 247 In the latest chairs, just before the period of hisdecadence, the top rail is turned and hollowed (Fig. 1,G) with a small panel for the central part (Key XIII,4) or else it is flat with a slight concave sweep (Fig. 2,A and B), and in the latter case it is sometimes pierced(Fig. 2, A). The bars or balusters instead of beingvertical are horizontal (Key XIII, 4; Fig. 1, D, F andG; Fig. 2, A and B) and joined to the uprights insteadof running from top rail to rear se
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