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head the forms of decoration which we find on the chairs of the period, and which certainly and by those preserve the spirit of the style who, for various reasons, do not care for the fourposter, may be adopted without hesitation. :
Phillips's room in Fig. 35 is worth study, as succeeded in reproducing an eifect in which has he
Mr.
charm and comfort
The
latticed bases,
In
period.
examples:
and are
are very happily combined.
bed in
room, with their suggest the Chinese Chippendale
posts of the
this
36 the posts are quite fine the columns are reeded and fluted, Fig.
delicately carved with acanthus leaves,
and
introduced carved knees and claw-andSimple specimens of these bedsteads ball feet.
lower
is
are to be purchased at unextravagant prices.
Wardrobes, dressing-chests, and commodious pieces generally, for the purpose of holding the constantly increasing articles of clothing were
made
in great
makers, of
numbers by an army
whom
now
of cabinet-
Chippendale was probably the
A
chief inspiration.
dressing-chest
is
shown in and
Fig. 37, with a lattice of Chinese decoration,
the style of these chests also took the forms of a " bow " and " serpentine " front, both of which
have the
effect
straight lines.
front
is
shown
up the '* " example of the serpentine
of
An
pleasingly breaking
in Fig. 38.