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Subject:Re: A Question of Cane
Date:Thu, 09 Oct 2003 15:17:16 +0100
From:Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmiths.com>
Newsgroups:rec.antiques
On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 16:24:25 GMT, "EGD" <emailnotworking@news.net>
wrote:

>I have been doing a little research on when cane backs and seats first might
>have appeared in furniture in Europe. I have found some from the middle of
>the 17th Century. Would any have appeared earlier than that?

What do you regard as "cane" ?   My refs agree on the Restoration for
caning with coarse-woven panels, but I think close-woven rushes are
older - tudor oak period.

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