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Identifier: americanhomesga101913newy (find matches)
Title: American homes and gardens
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ign of the eagle grasping the pearl. The first mention we find made of the ball and claw feet is in an old inventory as far back as 1737, when six claw feet chairs are spoken of. Many of these chairs show wonderful distribution of light and shade, while often the shell design shown is the work of an artist. The Dutch chair came into general use about the year 1710 and continued in its various forms for forty years or more. It shows many features that are common to Chippendale, but it has not the graceful lines introduced into the later furniture. There is a great variety in the designs of the Dutch chair, although all showthe same lines andthe finish at the top.There are roundedbacks with splats ofsolid wood, somewith pierced splats,while others showornament a-tion which makethem in some waysresemble Chippen-dales work. Themajority of thesech a i rs are finishedwith leather seats, afew having rushbottoms. The greatestvariety of detailis shown in thelegs of these chairs.Some are bandy-
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Walnut veneer Moll Pitcher chair in the Osgood collection, Salt Massachusetts

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