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Rh  built low as compared to those of later periods. The cabriole leg is shown here with a foot of modified Spanish type. (Property of Mrs. J. J. McDevitt).

PLATE II. . (South Carolina—c. 1720-1750). This piece of later date than the one illustrated at top, may have been a sugar chest adapted in later years as a cellaret. The decorations of fans in the front, and the slipper-shaped foot, are interesting features. These types are rarely found. (Property of Ralph P. Hanes).

PLATE III. . (South Carolina—c. 1760-1770). This cellaret illustrates the fact that Southern workmen were followers of Chippendale, even to the Chinese influence in his design. On the front of this piece are employed raised scrolls similar to those to be found on various cupboards. The owner's initials, inlaid, the mixing slide on the side, and the shaped cross-stretcher and cut-out corner brackets make this piece unique. (Property of Mrs. J. A. Haskell).

PLATE IV. . (Virginia—c. 1770-1780). The influence of both Chippendale and Hepplewhite is in the making of this liquor chest. The Hepplewhite is responsible for the fluted legs, while the corner brackets and square legs chamfered on the inside, belong to the Chippendale style. The mixing slide without the drawer is found from this time until 1800. The legs are fluted. This fluting is not to be confused with the term reeded, which applies to the half-round raised decorations found on legs of later furniture. (Property of Joe Kindig, Jr.).

PLATE V. . (North Carolina—c. 1780-1800). An inlaid mahogany piece, with the square, tapered legs characteristic of the Hepplewhite and Sheraton style, which shows a cellaret that was made in quantity throughout the Southern states. The quality was governed by the skill of the workman attempting the piece. The ovals of inlay with the urn and flowers are to be noted. (Property of Carroll H. Fowlkes).

PLATE VI. . (Virginia—c. 1790-1800). This Hepplewhite cellaret, one of a pair found about thirty miles from each other, and owned by different families. They were not made as a pair, but came from the hands of the same workman. There is a slight variation in size between them. Attention is called to the inlaid oval on the front of the chest, a type of inlay used on many pieces throughout the South and a clever, though humble imitation of the ovals found on elaborate pieces. The black parts shown in the oval were made of colored putty and cut out after the oval had been put into the wood, with a gouge. They were then filled with colored putty instead of being made of wood. This was often done, too, with the more elaborate pieces. Thus the workman was given opportunity with a variety of decoration that could be made, as a rule, only with curved sides. (Property of Mrs. George L. Street).