The rate to be charged for putting on these brasses was set down in "The Journeymen's Cabinet and Chair-makers Philadelphia Book of Prices," 1795, mentioned before. Common castors cost 2½_d_ each, and 1_d_ extra for letting in the plate; a set of sockets "when the legs are tapered, to fit in, per set," 1_s_ 2_d_. Iron or brass rollers were 8½_d_ per pair. Fitting on a box lock was 1_s_ 4_d_, while a patent lock came extra and cost 2_s_. Lifting handles could be put on for 1_s_ 4_d_ per pair. Letting in an escutcheon was 2½_d_ for each one, and letting in plates for rods in the tops of sideboards were 8_d_ for each plate. Ivory escutcheons cost 10_d_ each, and those of holly just half that. If a person chose to have his furniture made on the premises it was an easy matter, for many cabinet-makers worked in this way, and the furniture could be built to suit exactly the prospective owner's taste and the place it was to occupy. None of the furniture made in America and little that was imported here, had the superb handles and escutcheons which were put on French and Dutch pieces. These mounts were executed and designed by artists, and made a decidedly beautiful addition to the furniture. Another distinctive feature of old furniture is the foot, which in many cases points to period and country as well as if the piece was dated. After the turned chairs with their heavy lines and clumsy construction, the furniture which was gradually finding its way from Spain and Holland seemed very beautiful. The Flemish foot, so called, turns outward, and is found on very early chairs enriched with carving and having cane, rush, or turkey-work seats. This style belongs to the last quarter of the seventeenth century. (For illustrations see Figure 100.) Chairs of this same period also came from Spain and Portugal, being covered with the splendid leather of Cordova, which has now a world-wide reputation. The woodwork of the frames was handsome enough to correspond with the leather. These frames were carved, and the foot turned out like the Flemish, but it was of quite a different shape and fluted (see Figure 100).