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CONTENTS

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PREFACE[7]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS[13]
BIBLIOGRAPHY[19]
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED[23]
CHAPTER
I.THE RENAISSANCE ON THE CONTINENT[31]
II.THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE[57]
III.STUART OR JACOBEAN (SEVENTEENTH CENTURY)[79]
IV.STUART OR JACOBEAN (LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY)[109]
V.QUEEN ANNE STYLE[133]
VI.FRENCH FURNITURE. THE PERIOD OF LOUIS XIV.[155]
VII.FRENCH FURNITURE. THE PERIOD OF LOUIS XV.[169]
VIII.FRENCH FURNITURE. THE PERIOD OF LOUIS XVI.[189]
IX. FRENCH FURNITURE. THE FIRST EMPIRE STYLE[201]
X. CHIPPENDALE AND HIS STYLE[211]
XI.SHERATON, ADAM, AND HEPPELWHITE STYLES[239]
XII.HINTS TO COLLECTORS[257]
INDEX[275]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS