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 | | It owed its name to the furniture designs of Charles Locke Eastlake (see EASTLAKE, (3)), which became widely known because of his book Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery and Other Details, first published in London in 1868 and in Boston, MA, in 1872. |
 | | In the preface to the fourth English edition (1878), Eastlake wrote of his dismay at finding American tradesmen continually advertising what they are pleased to call "Eastlake" furniture...for the taste of which I should be very sorry to be considered responsible. |
 | | Eastlake-style furniture of the 1870s by such firms as Mason & Hamlin was decorated profusely with heavily carved Gothic ornament, whereas Eastlakes own furniture had decoration that was simpler and more sparingly applied to emphasize function. |
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