 |
| Figure 27 Design for a “Desk and Bookcase” illustrated on plate 78 in the first edition of Thomas Chippendale’s The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director (1754). (Courtesy, Winterthur Museum Library: Printed Book and Periodical Collection.) This plate also illustrates leaves bound with ribbon as an optional frieze ornament on the left side. This motif, which occurs on the pier glasses ordered by Edward Lloyd III, was extremely popular in British furniture and architectural carving. |