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A new chronology for English walnut - veneered furniture 1670 - 1740.

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| June 01, 2002 | Bowett, Adam | COPYRIGHT 2002 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

It has long been recognized that the construction of English case furniture during the so-called age of walnut followed a discernible pattern of development that can be used to approximately date individual pieces. Thus, we know that bun feet preceded bracket feet and that through dovetails were succeeded by lapped dovetails. The sequence was first codified by Robert Wemyss Symonds in his seminal English Furniture from Charles II to George, II, published in 1929, which established new standards for the analysis and interpretation of English furniture. (1)

The chronology proposed by Symonds is still used by many today, despite the fact that the research on which it ...

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