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The Story of American Furniture

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Macmillan, 1934 - Furniture - 276 pages

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Contents

WHAT TO COLLECT AND HOW TO DO IT
3
DETECTING THE GENUINE
14
OUR CABINETMAKERSWHEN AND HOW THEY
33
Copyright

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The story of American furniture
The story of American furniture
Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee
Snippet view - 1941
The story of American furniture
The story of American furniture
Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee
Snippet view - 1934
The story of American furniture
The story of American furniture
Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee
Snippet view - 1937

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17th Century Aaron Chapin advertisement American Empire American furniture antique apron arched arms Arts beds beneath bonnet top bow-back bracket brass cabinet cabinetmakers cabriole legs central centre chair-makers chests of drawers claw-and-ball collector Connecticut corners cornice craftsmen cross-member cupboard curly maple cyma curves decorative desk detail doors drawer fronts Drawing Duncan Phyfe early edge elaborate England examples feet finials finish foot frame front legs Gallery grain Hepplewhite highboys Illustration inches inlay joined stools label later lines lowboys mahogany makers molding Museum original ornamental outline painted panel Philadelphia piece of furniture pine plain posts produced Queen Anne rails reeded replaced Rhode Island Samuel McIntire seat secretaries shaped Sheraton Sheraton style side chairs sideboards simple Slant-Top slats sofas sometimes spindles splat square straight stretchers style tavern table tion turned typical underbody upholstered uprights usually veneer walnut William and Mary Windsor chairs wood Yale Univ York

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TitleThe Story of American Furniture
AuthorThomas Hamilton Ormsbee
Editionreprint
PublisherMacmillan, 1934
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized17 Jun 2008
Length276 pages
  
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