Mrs. H. A Moore. Mrs. I). M. Allan and Mrs. H. C Beale enter tained the College Hill Club in the home of Mrs. Moo. e. Wednes day evening. Feb 11. Mrs. David C Wilson, club piesidcnt. pre sided .She spoke of the loss the dub had sustained in the pass ing of two of its members. Miss Emma C Venable and Miss Min nie Lacy, and Mrs. Charles H. Davis and Miss Anna Dickhoff read poems in commemoration of these members. Mrs. E. Ii Elliott, program leader, had as her subject. "Period Furniture." Shi’ said. "The term, 'period furniture.' is suggestive of the attempt, developed since 1850. to classify various types of antique furniture in groups according to the period ol their origin and popularity. These groups are named either after the monarchs. English or French, under whom given styles oi furniture flourish ed. or after the designers of given styles. Colonial Furniture "American colonial furniture is classified in two «ays. Since the joloniul period exit tided over nearly a century ann a half, pro ductions of that Mini are some times designated by the name of the English soveuign during whose reign the English cabinet makers produced Inc examples which American workmen follow ed. “The more convenient classifi cation recognizes tlnec more or less distinct colonial periods—the early primitive penou. represent cd *"a 1 v ijv ri'p'. ' .- or ‘ liuirii
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Period Furniture Discussed For College Hill Members
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