French and English furniture distinctive styles and periods described and illustrated

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Singleton Esther. French and English furniture distinctive styles and periods described and illustrated

French and English furniture distinctive styles and periods described and illustrated

Table of Contents

PREFACE

LOUIS XIII. PERIOD

THE JACOBEAN PERIOD

LOUIS XIV. PERIOD

QUEEN ANNE PERIOD

THE EARLY GEORGIAN PERIOD

LOUIS XV. PERIOD

THE CHIPPENDALE PERIOD

LOUIS XVI. PERIOD

THE ADAM PERIOD

THE HEPPELWHITE PERIOD

THE SHERATON PERIOD

THE EMPIRE PERIOD

INDEX

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Esther Singleton

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Another, was of green velvet ornamented with gold and silver lace and fringes of green silk covered with crespines of gold and silver; the headboard was of cloth-of-gold-and-silver ornamented with green silk fringe; the lower valance was trimmed with gold and silver braid and a fringe of violet silk covered with a fringe of gold and silver. The curtains were green damask trimmed with gold and silver braid and silk fringe, and the ornamental counterpane of green taffeta trimmed with fringes of silk and gold.

Another bed was of cloth-of-gold striped with black and crimson satin; the curtains were flesh-coloured taffeta ornamented with crimson fringe.

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