The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . gnifical upholsteredcreations. In early Georgian times it became again the fashionto carve bedposts (Plate X, p. 120), and we find theusual forms of ornamentation employed around thelower part and foot, the upper part being merelyrounded or fluted. In the simpler bedsteads, the lowerpart of the posts was often plainly squared with blockfeet. Sometimes there were low headboards and some-times not. Posts still towered to a great height. Theback posts we
The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . gnifical upholsteredcreations. In early Georgian times it became again the fashionto carve bedposts (Plate X, p. 120), and we find theusual forms of ornamentation employed around thelower part and foot, the upper part being merelyrounded or fluted. In the simpler bedsteads, the lowerpart of the posts was often plainly squared with blockfeet. Sometimes there were low headboards and some-times not. Posts still towered to a great height. Theback posts were almost always plain, while the frontposts had more care bestowed on them. This was be-cause the back posts were then wholly concealed by thecurtains. Occasionally ornate testers are found, butmore often only the tester frame, which was whollycovered by valances and hangings. The surest indica-tions of age in bedposts, so far as contour is concerned,are great height and slenderness. TABLES Queen Annes day was a time of small tables ortables to be used at the side of a room. In the morepretentious houses we have the gorgeously carved and. •j. _x 2 - g o M > s ^ — H * ? c - w ct- 0
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