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Page 57
... leg ( q.v. ) . The gently curved back and cabriole legs of chairs first used in the Queen Anne period in England remained popular for half a century . Rococo design showed itself in the ribbonback , or ribband - back , chairs ( chairs ...
... leg ( q.v. ) . The gently curved back and cabriole legs of chairs first used in the Queen Anne period in England remained popular for half a century . Rococo design showed itself in the ribbonback , or ribband - back , chairs ( chairs ...
Page 491
... legs . Marquetry and parquetry veneers or japanning ( Oriental - style lacquerwork ) cov- ered both carcass and legs of the commode ; and richly worked gilded bronze , or ormolu , protected the vertical edges , following the curved ...
... legs . Marquetry and parquetry veneers or japanning ( Oriental - style lacquerwork ) cov- ered both carcass and legs of the commode ; and richly worked gilded bronze , or ormolu , protected the vertical edges , following the curved ...
Page 843
... legs ( insect ) : see crane fl daddy longlegs , also called HARVE any of the 3,400 species of the arachni Opiliones ( sometimes named Phalang daddy longlegs differs from all true ( order Araneae ) by the extreme leng thinness of its legs ...
... legs ( insect ) : see crane fl daddy longlegs , also called HARVE any of the 3,400 species of the arachni Opiliones ( sometimes named Phalang daddy longlegs differs from all true ( order Araneae ) by the extreme leng thinness of its legs ...
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