Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900) (14761501826)

Identifier: handbookoforname1900meye (find matches)
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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d are made in carved wooden backs for convenience inmoving (Plate 242. 7, 8, 9). Where the top of the back is hori-zontal, it is often crowned with a cornice or an ornament (Plates 242. 6;243. 9). Where the seat, alone or in conjunction with the back, isof woven cane-work or padded, the Chair is termed a cane or anupholstered chair. Sometimes not only the padding but also theentire structure of the chair is upholstered in some material, just as,on the other hand, chairs may be made entirely of cane or rushes.The seats and backs of upholstered chairs are covered with leather, ortextiles (Plate 243. 6). The overlaying of wood with metal occurs inthe Assyrian style, and occasionally in later periods; the State-chairs of the Middle Ages, especially the Byzantine, are not infre-quently decorated with coloured stones; a similar treatment may beobserved in the Renascence example (Plate 242 figs. 5, and 6). Inaddition to the decoration by carving (which will always be the chief FUENITURE. 428
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The Chair. Plate 241. 424 FURNITURE.