. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . CARVINO BY GRINLIKG GIBBON, AT HOLME LACV. THE WILLIAM AND ANNE PERIODIN BRITISH DECORATIVE FURNI-TURE-1688-1727 WILLIAM AND MARY, 1688-1702. ANNE, 1702-1714GEORGE L, 1714-1727 IF it were respectful to concoct names for venerable mobiliary modesafter the fashion adapted for new cure-alls, the very realdifficulties of naming the interesting era now before us mightbe overcome by welding the first syllable of the above English rulersnames into some such horrific compound as Wimariangeo. But onedares not to seriously advocate such
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . CARVINO BY GRINLIKG GIBBON, AT HOLME LACV. THE WILLIAM AND ANNE PERIODIN BRITISH DECORATIVE FURNI-TURE-1688-1727 WILLIAM AND MARY, 1688-1702. ANNE, 1702-1714GEORGE L, 1714-1727 IF it were respectful to concoct names for venerable mobiliary modesafter the fashion adapted for new cure-alls, the very realdifficulties of naming the interesting era now before us mightbe overcome by welding the first syllable of the above English rulersnames into some such horrific compound as Wimariangeo. But onedares not to seriously advocate such an uneuphonious and drasticinnovation when even the use of the term Orange to designatethis period of curvilinear Dutch proclivities is regarded as tooradical for adoption. To entitle the period the Walnut Age is scarcely more accuratethan to rest content with the usual but inadequate term QueenAnne, as walnut was in fairly general use both before and afterthis period. The names of our kings and queens are preferable from their assist-ance in conjuring up mental
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