The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods (1914) (14592290539)

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Title: The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Eberlein, Harold Donaldson McClure, Abbot, 1879-
Subjects: Furniture
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott Company
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library



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n were both apt to be fantastic. MATERIALS Oak. Oak was used for carved panelling and alsofor some of the larger carved cabinet work. Walnut. Walnut was used both solid and forveneer. Mahogany. Mahogany was employed more in thereign of Louis XV than before. Veneek and Inlay Woods. Box, violetwood, labur-num, kingwood, holly, sycamore, and many others,were used for inlays, veneer and marqueterie. Ebony. Ebony was used for some of his finest crea-tions by Boulle and his imitators. Toetoiseshell. Boulle used tortoiseshell exten-sively as a veneer into which he set his metal inlay. Brass and White Metal. Used as an inlay in awood ground. Upholstery. The richest materials were used forupholstering chairs, stools and sofas, which were oftenprotected by slip covers. decorative processes Nearly every decorative process imaginable wasemployed by the furniture makers of the LouisQuatorze and Louis Quinze periods. The followingwere the most usual. Carving. Carving both in the round and in relief
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LOUIS QUATORZE AND LOUIS QUINZE 141 was employed with hard woods and also with soft woodsthat were to be painted and gilt. Inlay. Intricate inlay of an immense variety ofwoods was highly popular. Marqueterie. Marqueterie was much used and wasfrequently of a more pictorial and connected characterthan either English or Dutch work of the same kind. Veneer. The art of veneering was largely prac-tised. Gilding. Both gilding and parcel gilding enjoyedcontinuous vogue for the enrichment of furniture. Painting. Painting framework in monotint to beenlivened by gilding, or painting panels, or runningdesigns, were methods of decoration often resorted tosuccessfully. Turning. The standard importance of turningwas overshadowed by the wealth of other elaborate andbrilliant processes for the decoration of furniture. Lacquer. Lacquering was a favourite decorativeprocess extensively practised. Its long continuedpopularity and the experiments of the French lacquermakers eventually led to the production