Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary..........Empire style............Lyre

Empire lyre sofa-table
Reprinted from Colonial Furniture in America, By Luke Vincent Lockwood, 1926

Edge of the top is gadrooned

The standard is lyre-shaped (without the strings).

The feet are the usual animals' claw feet found on
.Empire pieces


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