Canadian wood products industries . ADAM—with the Urn mouldedin relief. Heppelwhite— PrinceofWales Plume. different patterns; bails with plates, plain er were also used, though not as extensively asformerly. As the William and Mary reign was but fourteenyears, there was necessarily a rapid transition to theQueen Anne and the Early Georgian, approximately1702-1750, although the evolution was to be notedmore in the ornamentation than in the contour. Themounts were plainer than formerly, and were usuallyof the bail pattern, with plain or slightly chased backplates; sometimes these ba
Canadian wood products industries . ADAM—with the Urn mouldedin relief. Heppelwhite— PrinceofWales Plume. different patterns; bails with plates, plain er were also used, though not as extensively asformerly. As the William and Mary reign was but fourteenyears, there was necessarily a rapid transition to theQueen Anne and the Early Georgian, approximately1702-1750, although the evolution was to be notedmore in the ornamentation than in the contour. Themounts were plainer than formerly, and were usuallyof the bail pattern, with plain or slightly chased backplates; sometimes these back plates were pierced. Theescutcheons usually were in the form of oval plates. During the Georgian period there came to promin-ence the great masters, such as Chippendale, the Bro-thers Adam, Heppelwhite, and Sheraton. It was Chippendales idea that the brass mountsshould lend a decorative effect to the general appear-ance of the furniture. On the ordinary or inexpensivepieces the handles, escutcheons, etc., were of the plainty
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