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English Furniture of the Cabriole Period. II-Seat Furniture (Concluded)
12/1918 | 189 | 33
Pages: 225-227+230-231
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Author:
Tipping, H. Avray (Tipping, H. Avray)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Griffiths, Percival D.
dates:
1700-1799
places:
England / France
subjects:
Furniture / Cabriole / Cabriole chairs / Cabriole legs
subjects:
Chairs / Stools
subjects:
Collections, Private
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
Plate IX. English Sopha and Settee of the Cabriole Period Belonging to Mr. Percival Griffiths Small Mahogany Settee of Two Chairback Type, with Single Central Upright, Seat 43″ Long, c. 1750 Large Mahogany Sofa with Upholstered Back, Sides and Seat, Richly Ornamented Frame, "French" Feet with Upright Leaf, 8′ Long, 3′ 7″ at Centre of Back, c. 1700
Western art unattributed:
Plate VIII. English Stools of the Cabriole Period Belonging to Mr. Percival Griffiths. Walnut Stools with Claw-and-Ball Feet, C. 1730, (A) With Round Seat Upholstered in Needlework over the Frame 15″ in Diameter; (B) With Oblong Moveable Seat Fitting into Rebate of Frame. Mahogany Stools, (C) Spinet Stool, Legs with Ribbed Leafage Running Down from the Knees, and Claw-and-Ball Feet, Kidney-Shaped Seat, 13½″ × 9″, c. 1735, (D); Chippendale Chino-Gothic Style, Legs Carved "A Jour," Seat-Rail below, Upholstering Decorated with Cusped Arcading, Oblong Seat with Slightly Serpentined Sides, 24½″ × 16½″, c. 1755.