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probably made during the reign of George I. On page 68 is shown a richly-carved high-back single chair; 

 the centre splat and rails, consisting of elaborate scrolls, are supported by two carved pillars. The 

 serpentine stretchers, with milled cups on the legs and bun feet, date this chair early in the reign of 

 William and Mary. Fig. 103 illustrates a dressing-mirror inlaid with mother-of-pearl ; the stand, 

 containing drawers and pigeon-holes, resembles a miniature writing bureau ; below is a drawer with shaped 

 front containing boxes brushes and combs which was in fashion at the end of the seventeenth century. 

 The photograph on page 71 shows an oak four-post bed with panelled tester and an open frieze of leaf 

 and scroll decoration. The back is richly carved with arched panels and amorini on either side ; beneath, 

 in the centre, is a medallion portrait of a monk or saint suspended by ribbons ; the tester rests on 

 carved columns springing from a cup-shaped support with spreading foot, which stands on a four- 

 legged pedestal with owls masks at the corners protecting a flaming lamp. It is English of the 

 seventeenth centurv. BASIL OXENDEN. 



I08. A SHERATON BOOKCASE. 



