Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture

Arthur Hayden

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY NOTE

CHAPTER II SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY STYLES

CHAPTER III THE GATE-LEG TABLE

CHAPTER IV THE FARMHOUSE DRESSER

CHAPTER V THE BIBLE-BOX, THE CRADLE, THE SPINNING-WHEEL, AND THE BACON-CUPBOARD

CHAPTER VI EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STYLES

CHAPTER VII THE EVOLUTION OF THE CHAIR

CHAPTER VIII THE WINDSOR CHAIR

CHAPTER IX LOCAL TYPES

CHAPTER X MISCELLANEOUS IRONWORK, Etc.

CHAPTER XI OLD ENGLISH CHINTZES

INDEX

FOOTNOTES:

Transcriber's note:
Spelling and punctuation inconsistencies have been harmonized. The original hyphenation and use of accented words has been retained. Obvious printer errors have been repaired. Please see the end of this book for further notes.

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CHATS ON OLD FURNITURE

Illustrated by 72 Full-page Plates.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I.	The Renaissance on the Continent
II.	The English Renaissance
III.	Stuart or Jacobean (Early Seventeenth Century)
IV.	Stuart or Jacobean (Late Seventeenth Century)
V.	Queen Anne and Early Georgian Styles
VI.	French Furniture: the Period of Louis XV.
VII.	French Furniture: the Period of Louis XVI.
VIII.	French Furniture: the Period of Louis XVI.
IX.	French Furniture: the First Empire Style
X.	Chippendale and his Style
XI.	Adam, Hepplewhite, and Sheraton Styles
XII.	Hints to Collectors