h cabinet makers, which accounts for the marked Dutch influence on
the Mahogany Period, an influence which shows in a Dutch style of
inlaying, cabriole legs and the tulip design. A sure sign of the
William and Mary period is the presence of jasmine, as designed for
inlaying in bone, ivory or hollywood.

Lacquer came to England via Holland, the Dutch having imported Chinese
workmen.

The entire Mahogany Period, including the Adam brothers, used the
shell as a design and the backs of settees resembled several chair
backs places side by side.

A feature of the Mahogany Period were the knife-boxes and cases for
bottles, made of mahogany and often inlaid, which stood upon pedestals
constructed for the purpose, at each side of the sideboard. Later the
pedestals became a part of the sideboard. The urn-shaped knife-boxes
were extremely graceful as made by Adam, Chippendale and Heppelwhite.

It is impossible to clearly define all of the work of the
cabinet-makers of the mahogany or any other period, for reasons
already stated. So one must be prepared to find Chippendale sofas
which show the shapes originated by him and, also, at times, show
Louis XVI legs and Louis XV outline. Chippendale's contemporaries were
quite as apt to vary their types, and it is only by experience that
one can learn to distinguish between the different artists, to
appreciate the hall marks of creative individuality.

The early Chippendale was almost identical with Queen Anne furniture
and continued the use of cabriole leg and claw and ball feet. The top
of the Chippendale chairs were bow-shaped with ends extending beyond
the sides of the back and usually turned _up_. If turned down they
never rounded into the sides, as in the case of Queen Anne chairs. The
splats have an upward movement and were joined to chair seats, and not
to a cross-rail. They were pierced and showed elaborate ribbon and
other designs in carving. There were, also, "ladder backs," and the
Chinese Chippendale chairs, with lattice work open carved and
extending over entire backs. The characteristic Chippendale leg is
cabriole with claw and ball foot.

The setting for Chippendale furniture was a panelled dado, classic
mantelpiece, architraves and frieze, and stretched over sidewalks,
above dado, was silk or paper showing a large pattern harmonising with
the furniture. The Chinese craze brought about a fashion for Chinese
wall papers with Chinese designs. This Chinese fashion conti