The Lure of the Antique
- Author(s): Walter A. Dyer
- Category: Furniture & Furnishings
- Publisher: The Century Company
- Publish year: 1910
- ISBN: 9678000017604
- Number of Pages: 520
In the preparation of this volume the author has had assistance from various sources. Acknowledgment should be rendered to Mr. C. H. E. Griffith, of Cooper & Griffith, and late with the Tiffany Studios, New York, for expert advice and criticism; to Doubleday, Page & Company, publishers of Country Life in .America, in which most of the material appeared in the form of magazine articles; to Miss Mary H. Northend, for permission to make use of her collection of photographs ; and to the authors of many authoritative books on the various subjects studied.
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COVER
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I THE QUEST FOR THE OLD AND BEAUTIFUL
CHAPTER II OLD CHAIRS IN MODERN HOUSES
CHAPTER III OLD DESKS AND SECRETARIES
CHAPTER IV TABLES AND SIDEBOARDS
CHAPTER V FOUR-POSTER BEDSTEADS AND OTHERS
CHAPTER VI SOME OLD CLOCKS
CHAPTER VII THE LOOKING-GLASSES OF A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
CHAPTER VIII OLD LAMPS AND CANDLESTICKS
CHAPTER IX OLD BLUE STAFFORDSHIRE
CHAPTER X THE BEAUTIFUL POTTERY OF WEDGWOOD
CHAPTER XI LUSTER WARE
CHAPTER XII LOWESTOFT-THE PORCELAINS-SALT-GLAZE
CHAPTER XIII ENGLISH AND AMERICAN GLASSWARE
CHAPTER XIV BOHEMIAN GLASSWARE
CHAPTER XV THE COLLECTING OF OLD SILVERWARE
CHAPTER XVI THE PEWTER ON THE DRESSER
CHAPTER XVII SHEFFIELD PLATE
CHAPTER XVIII OLD BRASS AND COPPER UTENSILS
CHAPTER XIX WHERE ANCIENT BACK-LOGS GLOWED
CHAPTER XX THE TRUTH ABOUT ANTIQUE FURNITURE
INDEX