Furniture, Century furniture company 1927

Good furniture (not necessarily expensive furniture) is furniture designed along certain lines of harmony and symmetry which will be beautiful always. And furniture so designed is independent of transitory style preferences. It has a reason for living, even after a temporary popular demand may have ceased.

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Table of Contents:

COVER

FOREWORD

PREFACE

GRAND RAPIDS

PERIODS AND STYLES

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

FRENCH RENAISSANCE

SPANISH RENAISSANCE

DUTCH AND FLEMISH RENAISSANCE

ELIZABETHAN PERIOD

JACOBEAN PERIOD

WILLIAM AND MARY PERIOD

QUEEN ANNE PERIOD

LOUIS XIV (QUATORZE)PERIOD

LOUIS XV (QUINZE)PERIOD

LOUIS XVI (SEIZE) PERIOD

FRENCH EMPIRE

CHIPPENDALE

HEPPLEWHITE

ADAM BROTHERS

SHERATON

OTHER DESIGNERS OFTHE GEORGIAN PERIOD

COLONIAL AMERICAN STYLES

WILLIAM SA VERY

AMERICAN EMPIRE

DUNCAN PHYFE

CENTURY FURNITURE COMPANY