GENERAL INDEX
A
Adam, Robert and J., [4], [5], [99], [184].
Adams, John, quoted, [284].
Allen house, [427].
Andirons, [317].
Argand lamp, [334].
Astor piano, [292].
B
Baldwin, Christopher Columbus, quoted, [314].
Banister-back chair, [168].
“Banjo” clock, [366].
Basin-stand, [58].
Beaufet or beaufatt, [89], [90].
Bedstead, claw-and-ball foot, [69];
cording of, [73];
coverlid for, [78];
early, [65];
field, [67];
French, [82];
Hepplewhite, [73];
low post, [80];
ornaments for concealing bed screws, [77];
press, [66];
sleigh, [83];
Bell-flower, [197].
Belter, John, [290].
Betty lamp, [328].
Bevelling, [375].
Bible box, [118].
“Biglow Papers,” quoted, [31].
“Bilboa” looking-glass, [401].
Bill of lading, [189].
Bird-cage clock, [349].
Bliss, Rev. Daniel, [190].
Block, front, [42], [128], [129].
Blythe, Samuel, [286].
Bolles collection, [25], [26], [155], [242].
Bonaparte chair, [209].
Books on furniture, [4].
Bowley, Devereux, [355].
Bracket clock, [352].
Brass beading, [237].
Brewster chair, [157].
Broadwood harpsichord, [287].
Brown, Gawen, [355].
Brown, John, Joseph, Nicholas, Moses, [34], [195].
Bulkeley, Rev. Peter, [217].
Burney, Dr., quoted, [281].
Burnt work on chest, [12].
Butterfly table, [245].
C
Candle beam, [337].
Candle extinguisher, [334].
Candle shades, [332].
Candle-stand, mahogany, [343];
iron, [331].
Carroll, Charles, [235].
Carver chair, [157].
Cellaret, [111].
Chair, bandy-leg, [177];
banister, [168];
cane, [159];
Carver and Brewster, [157];
comb-back, [175];
Dutch, [178];
easy, [182];
fan-back, [175];
Flemish, [160];
leather, [158];
Queen Anne, [167];
rocking, [173];
roundabout, [170];
slat-back, [171];
turned, [156];
Turkey work, [160];
wainscot, [157];
Windsor, [175];
writing, [177].
Chair table, [243].
Chaise longue, [217].
Chambers, Sir William, [4].
Charters, John, [300].
Chase, Samuel, [444].
Chase house, [444].
Chest, [10].
Chest of drawers, [19].
Chest on frame, [18].
Cheval glass, [405].
Chew, Benjamin, [447].
Chickering & Co., [301], [310].
China steps, [25].
Chinese taste, [193], [223], [379].
Chippendale, Thomas, [4], [184].
Clavichord, [287].
Claw-and-ball foot, [178].
Clementi, [291].
Cleopatra’s Barge, [233].
Cliveden, [446].
Clocks, [348].
Comb-back, [175].
table, [41].
Cook-Oliver house, [412].
Cording a bed, [73].
Corner chair, [170].
Cornucopia sofa, [238].
Couch, [217].
Cradle, [65].
Creepers, [321].
Cupboard, almery, [84];
corner, [90];
court, [86];
livery, [86];
press, [84].
Cupboard cloths or cushions, [89].
D
Dalton, Tristram, [415].
Darby and Joan seat, [220].
Darly, Matthias, [4].
Day bed, [217].
Dearborn, General Henry, [167].
Derby house, [411].
Desk-box, [108].
Dish-top table, [252].
Dodd & Claus, [289].
Double chest, [32].
Drawing-table, [243].
Dressing-glass, [50].
Dulcimer, [304].
Dutch marquetrie, [46].
Dutch tea-table, [251].
E
Edwards and Darley, [379].
Emerson, Rev. William, [190].
Empire bureau, [56], [57], [58];
sideboard, [114];
dining-table, [272].
Erben, Peter, [297].
Extension-top chair, [191].
F
Fan-back, [175].
Fancy chair, [210].
Faneuil, Peter, [347].
Fender, [320].
Fireback, [323].
Fire-frame, [326].
Flemish chairs, [160].
Flucker, Lucy, [49].
Foot, claw-and-ball, [178];
Dutch, [171];
Flemish, [163];
spade, [210];
Spanish, [163].
Forms, [139].
Forty-legged table, [248].
Franklin, Benjamin, [306], [326].
Franklin stove, [326].
French foot, Hepplewhite, [48];
Frets, [288].
Friesland clock, [341].
Fringe, netted, [68].
G
Gas, [344].
Gate-leg, [248].
Gibbon, Dr., [3].
Gilman, Rev. Samuel, [431].
Girandole, [395].
Girard, Stephen, [229].
Graeme Park, [442].
Guilloche, [200].
H
Hadley chest, [16].
Haircloth covering, [204], [241].
Hamilton, Alexander, [437].
Hancock, John, [126], [225], [267], [211], [346], [353].
Hancock, Thomas, [353].
Harmonica, [305].
Harp, [313].
Harp-shaped piano, [311].
Harpsichord, [286].
Harris, John, [286].
Hassam, Stephen, [365].
Haward, Charles, [281].
Hawkey, Henry, [312].
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, quoted, [38].
Heaton, J. Aldam, quoted, [9].
Hessians, [318].
Hipkins, A. J., [283].
Hitchcock, John, [284];
Hob-grate, [323].
Holmes, O. W., quoted, [1], [132], [155].
Howard, Edward, [364].
Hundred-legged table, [2], [248].
Huntington, Dr. William R., [133].
I
Ince and Mayhew, [4], [184], [379].
Independence Hall, [441].
Irish Chippendale, [93].
J
Jacobean furniture, [159].
Japanning, [24], [123], [204].
Japan work, [24], [123], [376].
Jefferson, Thomas, [177], [334].
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, [91];
Dr. William Samuel, [258], [338].
Johnson, Thomas, [4], [5], [379].
Joint or joined furniture, [10].
Jones, William, [4].
K
Kas or kasse, [91].
Keith, Sir William, [443].
Kettle-stand, [257].
Kimball house, [431].
Knobs for looking-glasses, [394].
L
Lacquered furniture, [24], [123].
Lafayette, [238].
Lamp, betty, [328];
mantel, [345];
silver, [335].
Langdale, Josiah, [162].
Lantern, [346].
Lantern clock, [348].
Larkin-Richter house, [433].
Lee, Col. Jeremiah, [423].
Light-stand, [257].
Lindall-Barnard-Andrews house, [432].
Lock, Matthias, [4], [5], [379].
Logan, James, [110].
Looking-glasses, [374].
Lowell, James Russell, quoted, [21].
M
Macphaedris, Archibald, [140].
Manor hall, [437].
Mantel lamps, [345].
Manwaring, Robert, [4], [184].
Marie Antoinette, [97], [227].
Marquetrie, [46].
Mather, Richard, [156].
Melville, David, [344].
Miniature bureau, [53];
sofa, [239].
Mirror knobs, [394].
Mischianza fête, [385], [448].
Morris, Robert, [116].
Mount Vernon, chair, [205];
fireplace, [324];
lamp, [335].
Murray, Rev. John, [431].
Musical glasses, [305].
Music-stand, [303], [306], [307].
Myers, Barton, house, [450].
N
Newport chest, [33];
bureau, [45];
writing table, [136].
Night table, [62].
O
Oak Hill, [428].
Octagon house, [434].
Oliver, Gen. 412.
Osborne, Sir Danvers, [122].
Otis, Harrison Gray, house, [424].
P
Parker-Inches-Emery house, [420].
“Parson Turell’s Legacy,” quoted, [155].
Pembroke table, [262].
Pendleton collection, [100], [347].
Penn, William, [125].
Penny-Hallet house, [419].
Pepperell, Sir William, [160].
Pepys, Samuel, quoted, [281].
Philipse, Mary, [437].
Philipse Manor house, [437].
Phyfe, Duncan, [275].
Piano, [289].
Pie-crust table, [252].
Pillar-and-claw table, [272].
Pipe-case, [36].
Pollen, Hungerford, quoted, [375].
Popkin, Dr. John Smelling, [129].
Portuguese twist, [168].
Preston, John, [245].
Prince of Wales feathers, [197].
Pringle house, [337].
Province House, [332].
Putnam cupboard, [86].
Q
Quadrille, [258].
Queen Anne chair, [167].
Quill work, [339].
Quincy, Eliza Susan Morton, quoted, [335].
R
Ripley, Dr. Ezra, [190], [234].
Rittenhouse, David, [358].
Robinson, G. T., quoted, [3].
Robinson house, [426].
Roundabout chair, [170].
Rumford, Count, [320].
S
Sargent-Murray-Gilman house, [429].
Satinwood, [6].
Schuyler, Gen. Philip, [437].
Schuyler house, [437].
Sconce, [377].
Scrutoir, [118].
Settle, [214].
Sewall, Judge Samuel, [280], [321], [377].
Shaw, Miss Rebecca, [137], [189].
Shearer, Thomas, [5], [96], [264].
Sheraton, Thomas, [4], [184], [205].
Sheraton quoted, [3], [7], [106], [146], [150], [295].
Sherburne, John, [28].
Sideboard, [91];
Shearer, [96];
Hepplewhite, [101];
Sheraton, [105];
measurements of, [106];
woods used in, [99].
Side table, Chippendale, [93], [94].
Slat-back chair, [171].
Slate-top table, [245].
Slaw-bank, [66].
Smoker’s tongs, [331].
Spade foot, [210].
Spandrels, [353].
Spanish foot, [165].
Spindle-leg, [249].
Spinet, [281].
Squabs, [238].
Stand, candle, [343];
Dutch, [251];
kettle, [257];
light, [257].
Stein, André, [398].
Storr, Marmaduke, [355].
Strong, Governor Caleb, [190].
Swan, Colonel, [96].
T
Table, butterfly, [246];
chair, [243];
dish-top, [252];
drawing, [243];
Dutch tea, [251];
framed, [248];
forty, gate or hundred-legged, [243];
joined, [243];
Pembroke, [262];
pie-crust, [252];
pillar-and-claw, [272];
slate-top, [245];
spindle-legged, [249];
work, [268].
Table borde, [242].
Table piano, [301].
Tall clocks, [354].
Tambour, [150].
Taylor, Col. John, [434].
Tea-tray, mahogany, [264];
Sheffield, [249].
Terry, Eli, [370].
Thomas, Seth, [370].
U
Unitarian church, Leicester, [200].
Upright piano, [309].
V
Valentine Museum, [449].
Vanderbilt, Mrs., quoted, [72].
Van Rensselaer, Killian, [120].
Van Rensselaer, Philip, [120].
Virginal, [280].
W
Wainscot chair, [157].
Walnut, [3].
Ware, Isaac, quoted, [423].
Warner, Colonel Jonathan, [140].
Warville, Brissot de, quoted, [289].
Washington, George, [103], [151], [201], [205], [323], [378].
Washstand, [57].
Watson’s Annals, quoted, [306].
Wendell, Elizabeth Hunt, [283].
Wentworth, Governor John, [223].
What-not, [267].
Wig stand, [58].
Willard, Aaron, Benjamin, Simon, [362].
Windsor, chair, [174].
Wood, Small & Co., [300].
Work-table, [270].
Writing-chair, [177].
Writing-table, [136].
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