. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . fOBTHETfiEJ^ FAMIiy- PLATE XXV SOME CONSTRUCTIONAL AND DECORATIVE WOODS INVOGUE DURING THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY This, the second of the series of four colour plates showing thecharacteristic grain-markings of thirty-six varieties of constructionaland decorative woods, has, in common with the rest of the series, beenphotographed from the actual woods without exaggeration or manipula-tion in any way of the distinctive features of the grain. The plate overleaf represents woods which, in addition to some ofthose illustrated in Colou
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . fOBTHETfiEJ^ FAMIiy- PLATE XXV SOME CONSTRUCTIONAL AND DECORATIVE WOODS INVOGUE DURING THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY This, the second of the series of four colour plates showing thecharacteristic grain-markings of thirty-six varieties of constructionaland decorative woods, has, in common with the rest of the series, beenphotographed from the actual woods without exaggeration or manipula-tion in any way of the distinctive features of the grain. The plate overleaf represents woods which, in addition to some ofthose illustrated in Colour Plate No. I., were more particularly in demandduring the Stuart period and the days of William the Stadtholder. Further plates of woods appear in Parts XII. and XVI., whilst inthe latter number and Part XV. will be found a chapter on woods anda chart tabuJating the chief characteristics of thirty of the principaltrees used in the production of furniture. «5 189.
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