DOI issue:
Nr. 159 (May 1910)
DOI article:Armchairs in period styles
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19866#0331
ARMCHAIRS IN PERIOD STYLES transitions in design. It will be understood that
f\ these specimens, which are reproduced from the
/ % The group of armchairs in various well-known Mayhew models, are reproductions of
J. jL styles from the early English forms, in- authentic and characteristic originals, but do not, of
fluenced by the Flemish, to the later course, in each case, represent a singular type. For
Georgian types, passing through a modification the modifications of the styles are gradual and many
which was characteristic of furniture in this country dissimilar designs will be found to belong to any one
prior to the Revolution and which is known as Colo- period. The Elizabethan chair, for example, is of a
nial, affords at a glance an interesting summary of late stage in the period known by that name. Char-
LXVI
COLONIAL
DUTCH COLONIAL
CHIPPENDALE
f\ these specimens, which are reproduced from the
/ % The group of armchairs in various well-known Mayhew models, are reproductions of
J. jL styles from the early English forms, in- authentic and characteristic originals, but do not, of
fluenced by the Flemish, to the later course, in each case, represent a singular type. For
Georgian types, passing through a modification the modifications of the styles are gradual and many
which was characteristic of furniture in this country dissimilar designs will be found to belong to any one
prior to the Revolution and which is known as Colo- period. The Elizabethan chair, for example, is of a
nial, affords at a glance an interesting summary of late stage in the period known by that name. Char-
LXVI
COLONIAL
DUTCH COLONIAL
CHIPPENDALE