The Period Of The Cabinet-Makers, 1750-1840. Part 4
Figure 551 shows a chair in the writer's possession in which the splat is cut in another early design. The scroll of the splat appears to commence at the outer ends of the cresting and to carry through to about the centre of the splat in a Flemish scroll which splits, forming a C scroll at the upper end. The illusion is further carried out by having a shell carved at the centre of the cresting, apparently joining the two curves. Below the scrolls are simple concave scrolls. This design is found on some of the late chairs of the Dutch period and was carried through into the Chippendale period. The legs are cabriole, terminating in Dutch feet standing on shoes. The chair is underbraced in the same manner as appears on the chair in Dutch style (Figure 494).
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