The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . n. Gilding was used for painted furniture and alsoto some extent in combination with mahogany carvedfurniture. Japanning and Lacquer at this period are to be dif-ferentiated. Japanning indicated giving the object tobe decorated a ground coat of paint upon which thedesign was applied. Lacquer indicated the old processused since the latter part of the seventeenth century. Veneer of mahogany, amboyna, and other mellow-coloured woods, was freely employed
The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . n. Gilding was used for painted furniture and alsoto some extent in combination with mahogany carvedfurniture. Japanning and Lacquer at this period are to be dif-ferentiated. Japanning indicated giving the object tobe decorated a ground coat of paint upon which thedesign was applied. Lacquer indicated the old processused since the latter part of the seventeenth century. Veneer of mahogany, amboyna, and other mellow-coloured woods, was freely employed by Hepplewhiteto obtain the desired effects of design. TYPES OF DECORATIVE DESIGN The types of decorative design to be found inHepplewhite furniture include all the classic motifsintroduced by the Brothers Adam. Among these wefind floral swags, acanthus leaves, pendent husks, roundand oval patera?, water leaf, sundry architectural de-tails and rams heads. Besides these we find reeding,fluting, beading, pearling, spandrel fans, rosettes, andribbons. Designs that were particularly distinctiveof Hepplewhite furniture were the three Prince of. HEPPLEWHITK CARVED MAHOGANY BEDSTEAD, FLUTED POSTS AND UNDERCUT FLORAL WREATHINGBy Courtesy of Mrs. Samuel D. Riddle, Glen Riddle, XXVIII GEORGE HEPPLEWHITE 223 Wales feathers, ears of wheat, and the lyre motif, thelast-named of which Sheraton appropriated. STRUCTURE In structure Hepplewhite furniture was superior tothe designs originated by the Brothers Adam. Thiswas noticeable in the chairs more than in any otherinstance. As previously noted, Hepplewhites chairs inmost cases had no supporting junction of splat and seatrail, but some Adam backs arose merely from the seatrail without support of uprights. Carcase work wasmainly rectilinear, with the exception of the shapedfronts of console cabinets, chests of drawers, and side-boards. MOUNTS The brass mounts used during the Hepplewhite pe-riod were of delicate and beautiful design. Ba
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