. Book of home building and decoration, prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country . Chippendale chair; to become famous. Chippendale made a particular style of light and elegantdrawing-room furniture characterized by ornate carving and gilding. Almost allmahogany furniture made at that time () was popularly called we now apply Colonial to all furniture of our forefathers. All four of these designers flourished in the eighteenth century. 1)ut there is noevidence that they tliemselves, or the public who patronized them, h
. Book of home building and decoration, prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country . Chippendale chair; to become famous. Chippendale made a particular style of light and elegantdrawing-room furniture characterized by ornate carving and gilding. Almost allmahogany furniture made at that time () was popularly called we now apply Colonial to all furniture of our forefathers. All four of these designers flourished in the eighteenth century. 1)ut there is noevidence that they tliemselves, or the public who patronized them, had any ideathat their work was of such superlative character as to be handed down to futuregenerations as the highest achievement in furniture designing and constructif) to be the standard for all future comparisons. While but little of their handicraft was available to the general pu1)lic oftheir day, still many of their more elaborate pieces w-ere modified and duplicatedfor general consumption. Sheraton himself published a series of drawings meantfor the instruction of the craft in general, and in it he made several sketches s
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