The furniture collector: An introduction to the study of English styles of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
- Author(s): Edward W Gregory
- Category: Furniture & Furnishings
- Publisher: London: Herbert Jenkins, Ltd.
- Publish year: 1915
- ISBN: 9678000001252
- Number of Pages: 332
Collectors of old English furniture find that the periods to which the objects of their search belong are within the seven- teenth and eighteenth centuries. Earlier examples than those dating from the reign of James I. are as a rule unattainable, and furniture of a later date than the end of the reign of George III. is not worth atten- tion. The following pages, therefore, confine them- selves to the consideration of the most easily recog- nisable styles evolved in Stuart and Georgian times. An attempt has been made in the various chapters to visualise the interior of the English home as it changed in character from one period to another, by giving from contemporary sources the different pieces of furniture in common use. It is hoped that this treatment will assist the collector to create in his own mind a background against which his possessions will take their appropriate places.
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Copyright
THE FURNITURE COLLECTOR
PREFATORY NOTE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I THE OLD TRADITION AND ELIZABETHAN FURNITURE
CHAPTER II THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER III THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, CONTINUED
CHAPTER IV THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, CONTINUED
CHAPTER V THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, CONTINUED
CHAPTER VI WILLIAM AND MARY FURNITURE
CHAPTER VII THE QUEEN ANNE PERIOD
CHAPTER VIII THE OLD WINDSOR CHAIR
CHAPTER IX CHIPPENDALE
CHAPTER X HEPPELWHITE
CHAPTER XI PAINTED FURNITURE
CHAPTER XII MODEST FURNITURE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XIII SHERATON
CHAPTER XIV BUYING AND SELLING
CHAPTER XV RARE PIECES AND PRICES
CHAPTER XVI YOUR ENEMY THE WOOD BEETLE
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN FURNITURE
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MODERN BOOKS OF REFERENCE ON FURNITURE
INDEX