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Title: Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849-
Subjects: Decoration and ornament Art objects
Publisher: New York, B. Hessling
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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n, wood, 16th century, (Lart pour tous). 4. Dutch, upholstered in leather, (Crispin van den Passe, 1642).5—6. German, decorated with stones. Renascence, Museum, Dresden.7—8. German, 17th century, (Gewerbehalle). 9. German, 17th century, Germanisches Museum, Nuremberg. Plate 243. The CnAm. 1. Modern, Inn-chair, by Dir. Kachel, (Gewerbehalle). 2—3. Modern, cane, (Gewerbehalle). 4—7. Modern, (Gewerbehalle). 8. Renascence, (Raguenet). 9. Modern, (Gewerbehalle). The Throne, and the Arm-chair. (Plates 244—245.) Thrones and Arm-chairs have been grouped-together, because theformer almost always have the same form as the latter, and there isno essential difference since the time of the Renascence. The Thronebeing the Seat-of-honour, has naturally, from the earliest periods,received more attention and decoration. It is planned on a largerand more monumental scale than the ordinary Chair. For this reason,and also because it does not require to be so often moved as common 426 FURNITURE.
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Plate 243. The Chair. The Throne, and the Arm-chair. 427 Chairs, it is often made of marble, metal, &c. Very often it is raisedon a Dais, with steps, or a Foot-stool is placed in front of it; notinfrequently it is covered by a Baldacchino or canopy, with Hangings,or a Cornice. This is especially the case with those for royal per-sonages and bishops in the Middle Ages. As regards the decoration:figures and symbols may be added to the other decorations of theframe. The Arm-chair, in its simplest form, is distinguished from theordinary Chair by the addition of arms, which are generally supportedfrom the fore-legs, and connected with the back, whereas in the caseof the throne, when the material is stone, the arms are made in onesolid piece with the whole. Compared with the ordinary Chair, theArm-chair is larger, and more conducive to repose. Where it is in-tended to serve as the Seat-of-honour for the head of the family, ora chairman, it corresponds in style to other Chairs of the set

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