The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . 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 sometim
The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . 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 seat rail. The turnedlegs of these late chairs are sometimes splayed outwardat the feet (Fig. 2, A and B). The backs at the end ofthe century are also lower and more squat (Key XIII,4; Fig. 2, A and B, and Fig. 9). SOFAS OR SETTEES Sheraton sofas, or, more properly, settees, were par-ticularly graceful and satisfactory pieces of Fia. 3. Sheraton Sofa. They followed the same structural and decorative prin-ciples as the chairs. Caning was used both for backsand seats in many chairs and settees (Plate XXXIII,p. 244), and in some of the caned settees the backs wereagreeably diversified by an alternation of caned panels 248 PRACTICAL BOOK OF PERIOD FURNITURE with narrower latticed or balustered panels (Fig. 1, B).The upholstered settees sometimes had latticed or bal-ustered arms and sometimes were wholly upholstered(Key XIII, 7). They were usually long and had eightlegs (Key XIII, 7; Fig. 3; Plate XXXIII, p. 244). BEDSTEADS Sheraton bedsteads, like Hepplewhite bedsteads,usually had simple testers covered by valances (KeyXII, Fig. 4). At the corners surmounting the postswere often finial vases or urns, sometimes with flametopping (Plate XXXVI, p. 260). The base of the postw
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