Contents

PAGE
Introduction[1]
CHAPTER I
Chests, Chests of Drawers, and Dressing-Tables[10]
CHAPTER II
Bureaus and Washstands[41]
CHAPTER III
Bedsteads[64]
CHAPTER IV
Cupboards and Sideboards[84]
CHAPTER V
Desks[117]
CHAPTER VI
Chairs[154]
CHAPTER VII
Settles, Settees, and Sofas[213]
CHAPTER VIII
Tables[242]
CHAPTER IX
Musical Instruments[280]
CHAPTER X
Fires and Lights[315]
CHAPTER XI
Clocks[348]
CHAPTER XII
Looking-glasses[374]
CHAPTER XIII
Doorways, Mantels, and Stairs[411]
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Glossary[451]
Index of the Owners of Furniture[459]
General Index[465]

List of Illustrations

Lacquered Desk with Cabinet Top[Frontispiece]
ILLUS.PAGE
Looking-glass, 1810-1825[10]
1.Oak Chest, about 1650[11]
2.Olive-wood Chest, 1630-1650[13]
3.Panelled Chest with One Drawer, about 1660[14]
4.Oak Chest with Two Drawers, about 1675[15]
5.Panelled Chest with Two Drawers, about 1675[16]
6.Carved Chest with One Drawer, about 1700[17]
7.Panelled Chest upon Frame, 1670-1700[18]
8.Panelled Chest upon Frame, 1670-1700[18]
9.Panelled Chest of Drawers, about 1680[19]
10.Panelled Chest of Drawers, about 1680[20]
11.Handles[21]
12.Six-legged High Chest of Drawers, 1705-1715[22]
13.Walnut Dressing-table, about 1700[23]
14.Lacquered Dressing-table, about 1720[24]
15.Cabriole-legged High Chest of Drawers with ChinaSteps, about 1720[26]
16.Lacquered High-boy, 1730[27]
17.Inlaid Walnut High Chest of Drawers, 1733[28]
18.Inlaid Walnut High Chest of Drawers, about 1760[29]
19.“Low-boy” and “High-boy” of Walnut, about 1740[30]
20.Walnut Double Chest, about 1760[32]
21.Double Chest, 1760-1770[33]
22.Block-front Dressing-table, about 1750[34]
23.Dressing-table, about 1760[35]
24.Chest of Drawers, 1740[36]
25.High Chest of Drawers, about 1765[37]
26.Dressing-table and Looking-glass, about 1770[39]
27.Walnut Dressing-table, about 1770[40]
Looking-glass, 1810-1825[41]
28.Block-front Bureau, about 1770[42]
29.Block-front Bureau, about 1770[43]
30.Block-front Bureau, about 1770[45]
31.Kettle-shaped Bureau, about 1770[44]
32.Serpentine-front Bureau, about 1770[46]
33.Serpentine-front Bureau, about 1785[47]
34.Swell-front Inlaid Bureau, about 1795[48]
35.Handles[49]
36.Dressing-glass, about 1760[50]
37.Bureau and Dressing-glass, 1795[51]
38.Bureau and Dressing-glass, about 1810[52]
39.Bureau and Miniature Bureau, about 1810[53]
40.Dressing-table and Glass, about 1810[54]
41.Case of Drawers with Closet, 1810[55]
42.Bureau, about 1815[56]
43.Bureau, 1815-1820[57]
44.Empire Bureau and Glass, 1810-1820[58]
45.Basin Stand, 1770[59]
46.Corner Washstand, 1790[60]
47.Towel-rack and Washstand, 1790-1800[61]
48.Washstand, 1815-1830[62]
49.Night Table, 1785[62]
50.Washstand, 1800-1810[63]
Looking-glass, about 1770[64]
51.Wicker Cradle, 1620[65]
52.Oak Cradle, 1680[65]
53.Bedstead and Commode, 1750[66]
54.Field Bedstead, 1760-1770[67]
55.Claw-and-ball-foot Bedstead, 1774[69]
56.Bedstead, 1780[70]
57.Bedstead, 1775-1780[71]
58.Bedstead, 1789[72]
59.Bedstead, 1795-1800[74]
60.Bedstead, 1800-1810[75]
61.Bedstead, 1800-1810[76]
62.Bedstead, 1800-1810[77]
63.Bedstead, 1800-1810[78]
64.Bedstead and Steps, 1790[79]
65.Low-post Bedstead, about 1825[80]
66.Low-post Bedstead, 1820-1830[81]
67.Low Bedstead, about 1830[82]
Looking-glass, 1770-1780[84]
68.Oak Press Cupboard, 1640[85]
69.Press Cupboard, about 1650[87]
70.Carved Press Cupboard, 1680-1690[88]
71.Corner “Beaufatt,” 1740-1750[90]
72.Kas, 1700[92]
73.Chippendale Side-table, about 1755[93]
74.Chippendale Side-table, 1765[94]
75.Shearer Sideboard and Knife-box, 1792[97]
76.Urn-shaped Knife-box, 1790[99]
77.Urn-shaped Knife-box, 1790[99]
78.Knife-box, 1790[100]
79.Hepplewhite Sideboard with Knife-boxes, 1790[102]
80.Hepplewhite Serpentine-front Sideboard, 1790[104]
81.Hepplewhite Sideboard, about 1795[105]
82.Sheraton Side-table, 1795[106]
83.Sheraton Side-table, 1795[107]
84.Sheraton Sideboard with Knife-box, 1795[108]
85.Sheraton Sideboard, about 1800[109]
86.Sheraton Sideboard, about 1805[110]
87.Cellarets, 1790[111]
88.Sideboard, 1810-1820[113]
89.Empire Sideboard, 1810-1820[114]
90.Mixing-table, 1790[115]
91.Mixing-table, 1810-1820[116]
Looking-glass, about 1760[117]
92.Desk-boxes, 1654[118]
93.Desk-box, 1650[118]
94.Desk, about 1680[119]
95.Desk, about 1680[120]
96.Desk, 1710-1720[121]
97.Cabriole-legged Desk, 1720-1730[124]
98.Cabriole-legged Desk, 1760[125]
99.Desk, 1760[126]
100.Desk, about 1770[127]
101.Block-front Desk, Cabinet Top, about 1770[128]
102.Block-front Desk, about 1770[129]
103.Desk with Cabinet Top, about 1770[130]
104.Block-front Desk, about 1770[133]
105.Kettle-front Secretary, about 1765[135]
106.Block-front Writing-table, 1760-1770[136]
107.Serpentine-front Desk, Cabinet Top, 1770[137]
108.Serpentine or Bow-front Desk, about 1770[138]
109.Bill of Lading, 1716[139]
110.Bookcase and Desk, about 1765[142]
111.Chippendale Bookcase, 1770[143]
112.Hepplewhite Bookcase, 1789[144]
113.Maple Desk, about 1795[146]
114.Desk with Cabinet Top, 1790[147]
115.Sheraton Desk, 1795[149]
116.Tambour Secretary, about 1800[150]
117.Sheraton Desk, 1800[151]
118.Sheraton Desk, about 1810[152]
119.Desk, about 1820[153]
Looking-glass, 1720-1740[154]
120.Turned Chair, Sixteenth Century[155]
121.Turned High-chair, Sixteenth Century[156]
122.Turned Chair, about 1600[157]
123.Turned Chair, about 1600[157]
124.Wainscot Chair, about 1600[158]
125.Wainscot Chair, about 1600[159]
126.Leather Chair, about 1660[160]
127.Chair originally covered with Turkey Work, about 1680[160]
128.Flemish Chair, about 1690[161]
129.Flemish Chair, about 1690[161]
130.Cane Chair, 1680-1690[162]
131.Cane High-chair and Arm-chair, 1680-1690[163]
132.Cane Chair, 1680-1690[164]
133.Cane Chair, 1680-1690[166]
134.Cane Chair, 1680-1690[166]
135.Turned Stool, 1660[167]
136.Flemish Stool, 1680-1690[167]
137.Cane Chair, 1690-1700[168]
138.Queen Anne Chair, 1710-1720[168]
139.Banister-back Chair, 1710-1720[169]
140.Banister-back Chair, 1710-1720[169]
141.Banister-back Chair, 1710-1740[170]
142.Roundabout Chair, about 1740[170]
143.Slat-back Chairs, 1700-1750[171]
144.Five-slat Chair, about 1750[172]
145.Pennsylvania Slat-back Chair, 1740-1750[173]
146.Windsor Chairs, 1750-1775[174]
147.Comb-back Windsor Rocking-chair, 1750-1775[175]
148.High-back Windsor Arm-chair and Child’s Chair, 1750-1775[176]
149.Windsor Writing-chair, 1750-1775[177]
150.Windsor Rocking-chairs, 1820-1830[178]
151.Dutch Chair, 1710-1720[179]
152.Dutch Chair, about 1740[180]
153.Dutch Chair, about 1740[180]
154.Dutch Chair, 1740-1750[181]
155.Dutch Chair, 1740-1750[181]
156.Dutch Chairs, 1750-1760[182]
157.Dutch Roundabout Chair, 1740[183]
158.Easy-chair with Dutch Legs, 1750[184]
159.Claw-and-ball-foot Easy-chair, 1750[185]
160.Chippendale Chair[186]
161.Chippendale Chair[186]
162.Chippendale Chair[187]
163.Chippendale Chair[187]
164.Chippendale Chair[189]
165.Chippendale Chairs[188]
166.Chippendale Chair[190]
167.Roundabout Chair[190]
168.Extension-top Roundabout Chair, Dutch[191]
169.Roundabout Chair[192]
170.Chippendale Chair[192]
171.Chippendale Chair[193]
172.Chippendale Chair[193]
173.Chippendale Chair[194]
174.Chippendale Chair[194]
175.Chippendale Chair in “Chinese Taste”[195]
176.Chippendale Chair[196]
177.Chippendale Chair[196]
178.Hepplewhite Chairs[198]
179.Hepplewhite Chair[197]
180.Hepplewhite Chair, 1785[199]
181.Hepplewhite Chair, 1789[199]
182.Hepplewhite Chair, 1789[200]
183.French Chair, 1790[201]
184.Hepplewhite Chair, 1790[201]
185.Arm-chair, 1790[202]
186.Transition Chair, 1785[202]
187.Hepplewhite Chair[203]
188.Hepplewhite Chair[203]
189.Hepplewhite Chair[204]
190.Hepplewhite Chair[204]
191.Sheraton Chair[205]
192.Sheraton Chairs[206]
193.Sheraton Chair[207]
194.Sheraton Chair[207]
195.Sheraton Chair[208]
196.Sheraton Chair[208]
197.Sheraton Chair[209]
198.Painted Sheraton Chair, 1810-1815[209]
199.Late Mahogany Chairs, 1830-1845[210]
200.Maple Chairs, 1820-1830[212]
Looking-glass, 1770-1780[213]
201.Pine Settle, Eighteenth Century[214]
202.Oak Settle, 1708[215]
203.Settee covered with Turkey work, 1670-1680[216]
204.Flemish Couch, 1680-1690[217]
205.Dutch Couch, 1720-1730[218]
206.Chippendale Couch, 1760-1770[218]
207.Chippendale Settee, 1760[219]
208.Sofa, 1740[220]
209.Chippendale Settee[221]
210.Double Chair, 1760[222]
211.Chippendale Double Chair and Chair in “Chinese Taste,” 1760-1765[224]
212.Chippendale Double Chair, 1750-1750[225]
213.Chippendale Settee, 1770[226]
214.French Settee, 1790[227]
215.Hepplewhite Settee, 1790[228]
216.Sheraton Settee, 1790-1795[229]
217.Sheraton Sofa, 1790-1800[230]
218.Sheraton Sofa, about 1800[230]
219.Sheraton Settee, about 1805[231]
220.Sheraton Settee, 1805-1810[232]
221.Empire Settee, 1800-1810[232]
222.Empire Settee, 1816[233]
223.Sheraton Settee, 1800-1805[234]
224.Sofa in Adam Style, 1800-1810[235]
225.Sofa, 1815-1820[236]
226.Sofa, about 1820[237]
227.Cornucopia Sofa, about 1820[238]
228.Sofa and Miniature Sofa, about 1820[239]
229.Sofa about 1820[239]
230.Sofa and Chair, about 1840[240]
231.Rosewood Sofa, 1844-1848[241]
Looking-glass, 1750-1780[242]
232.Chair Table, Eighteenth Century[243]
233.Oak Table, 1650-1675[244]
234.Slate-top Table, 1670-1680[245]
235.“Butterfly Table,” about 1700[245]
236.“Hundred-legged” Table, 1675-1700[246]
237.“Hundred-legged” Table, 1680-1700[247]
238.Gate-legged Table, 1680-1700[248]
239.Spindle-legged Table, 1740-1750[249]
240.“Hundred-legged” Table, 1680-1700[250]
241.Dutch Table, 1720-1740[251]
242.Dutch Card-table, 1730-1740[251]
243.Claw-and-ball-foot Table, about 1750[252]
244.Dutch Stand, about 1740[253]
245.“Pie-crust” Table, 1750[253]
246.“Dish-top” Table, 1750[254]
247.Tea-tables, 1750-1760[254]
248.Table and Easy-chair, 1760-1770[255]
249.Tripod Table, 1760-1770[256]
250.Chinese Fretwork Table, 1760-1770[256]
251.Stands, 1760-1770[258]
252.Tea-table, about 1770[258]
253.Chippendale Card-table, about 1765[259]
254.Chippendale Card-table, 1760[260]
255.Chippendale Card-table, about 1765[261]
256.Pembroke Table, 1760-1770[262]
257.Pembroke Table, 1780-1790[262]
258.Lacquer Tea-tables, 1700-1800[263]
259.Hepplewhite Card-table with Tea-tray, 1785-1790[264]
260.Hepplewhite Card-tables, 1785-1795[265]
261.Sheraton Card-table, 1800[266]
262.Sheraton Card-table, 1800-1810[266]
263.Sheraton “What-not,” 1800-1810[267]
264.Sheraton Dining-table and Chair, about 1810[267]
265.Sheraton Work-table, about 1800[268]
266.Sheraton Work-table, 1810-1815[268]
267.Maple and Mahogany Work-tables, 1810-1820[269]
268.Work-table, 1810[270]
269.Work-table, 1810[270]
270.Hepplewhite Dining-table, 1790[271]
271.Pillar-and-claw extension Dining-table, 1800[272]
272.Pillar-and-claw Centre-table, 1800[273]
273.Extension Dining-table, 1810[274]
274.Accordion Extension Dining-table, 1820[274]
275.Card-table, 1805-1810[275]
276.Phyfe Card-table, 1810-1820[275]
277.Phyfe Card-table, 1810-1820[276]
278.Phyfe Sofa-table, 1810-1820[277]
279.Pier-table, 1820-1830[278]
280.Work-table, 1810-1820[279]
Looking-glass, 1760-1770[280]
281.Stephen Keene Spinet, about 1690[282]
282.Thomas Hitchcock Spinet, about 1690[284]
283.Broadwood Harpsichord, 1789[285]
284.Clavichord, 1745[288]
285.Clementi Piano, 1805[290]
286.Astor Piano, 1790-1800[292]
287.Clementi Piano, about 1820[293]
288.Combination Piano, Desk, and Toilet-table, about 1800[294]
289.Piano, about 1830[295]
290.Peter Erben Piano, 1826-1827[296]
291.Piano-stool, 1820-1830[298]
292.Piano, 1826[299]
293.Piano-stools, 1825-1830[300]
294.Table Piano, about 1835[301]
295.Piano, 1830[302]
296.Music-stand, about 1835[303]
297.Music-stand, about 1835[303]
298.Dulcimer, 1820-1830[304]
299.Harmonica or Musical Glasses, about 1820[305]
300.Music-stand, 1800-1810[306]
301.Music-case, 1810-1820[307]
302.Harp-shaped Piano, about 1800[308]
303.Cottage Piano, or Upright, 1800-1810[309]
304.Chickering Upright Piano, 1830[310]
305.Piano, about 1840[311]
306.Hawkey Square Piano, about 1845[312]
307.Harp, 1780-1790[313]
Looking-glass, 1785-1795[315]
308.Kitchen Fireplace, 1760[316]
309.Andirons, Eighteenth Century[317]
310.Andirons, Eighteenth Century[317]
311.“Hessian” Andirons, 1776[318]
312.Fireplace, 1770-1775[319]
313.Steeple-topped Andirons and Fender, 1775-1790[320]
314.Andirons, Creepers and Fender, 1700-1800[321]
315.Brass Andirons, 1700-1800[322]
316.Brass-headed Iron Dogs, 1700-1800[322]
317.Mantel at Mount Vernon, 1760-1770[324]
318.Mantel with Hob-grate, 1776[325]
319.Franklin Stove, 1745-1760[327]
320.Iron Fire-frame, 1775-1800[328]
321.Betty Lamps, Seventeenth Century[329]
322.Candle-stands, First Half of Eighteenth Century[330]
323.Mantel with Candle Shade, 1775-1800[332]
324.Candlesticks, 1775-1800[333]
325.Crystal Chandelier, about 1760[334]
326.Silver Lamp from Mount Vernon, 1770-1800[335]
327.Glass Chandelier for Candles, 1760[336]
328.Embroidered Screen, 1780[338]
329.Sconce of “Quill-work,” 1720[340]
330.Tripod Screen, 1770[341]
331.Tripod Screen, 1765[341]
332.Candle-stand and Screen, 1750-1775[342]
333.Chippendale Candle-stand, 1760-1770[343]
334.Bronze Mantel Lamps, 1815-1840[344]
335.Brass Gilt Candelabra, 1820-1840[345]
336.Hall Lantern, 1775-1800[346]
337.Hall Lantern, 1775-1800[346]
338.Hall Lantern, 1760[347]
Looking-glass, First Quarter of Eighteenth Century[348]
339.Lantern or Bird-cage Clock, First Half of Seventeenth Century[349]
340.Lantern Clock, about 1680[350]
341.Friesland Clock, Seventeenth Century[350]
342.Bracket Clocks, 1780-1800[352]
343.Walnut Case and Lacquered Case Clocks, about 1738[354]
344.Gawen Brown Clock, 1765[356]
345.Gawen Brown Clock, 1780[356]
346.Maple Clock, 1770[357]
347.Rittenhouse Clock, 1770[357]
348.Tall Clock, about 1770[359]
349.Miniature Clock and Tall Clock, about 1800[360]
350.Tall Clock, 1800-1810[361]
351.Wall Clocks, 1800-1825[362]
352.Willard Clock, 1784[363]
353.Willard Clocks, 1800-1815[364]
354.Hassam Clock, 1800[366]
355.“Banjo” Clock, 1802-1820[367]
356.Presentation Clock, 1805[368]
357.Banjo Clock or Timepiece, 1802-1810[368]
358.Willard Timepiece, 1802-1810[369]
359.Lyre Clock, 1810-1820[369]
360.Lyre-shaped Clock, 1810-1820[370]
361.Eli Terry Shelf Clocks, 1824[371]
362.French Clock, about 1800[372]
Looking-glass, First Quarter of the Eighteenth Century[374]
363.Looking-glass, 1690[375]
364.Looking-glass, 1690[376]
365.Looking-glass, about 1730[378]
366.Pier Glass in “Chinese Taste,” 1760[380]
367.Looking-glass, about 1760[382]
368.Looking-glass, 1770-1780[383]
369.Looking-glass, 1725-1750[384]
370.Looking-glass, 1770-1780[386]
371.Mantel Glass, 1725-1750[387]
372.Looking-glass, 1770[388]
373.Looking-glass, 1770[388]
374.Looking-glass, 1776[389]
375.Looking-glass, 1780[390]
376.Looking-glasses, 1750-1790[392]
377.Looking-glass, 1790[393]
378.Looking-glass, 1780[393]
379.Enamelled Mirror Knobs, 1770-1790[394]
380.Girandole, 1770-1780[395]
381.Looking-glass, Adam Style, 1780[396]
382.Looking-glass, 1790[397]
383.Hepplewhite Looking-glass, 1790[398]
384.Mantel Glass, 1783[399]
385.Looking-glass, 1790-1800[400]
386.“Bilboa Glass,” 1770-1780[402]
387.Mantel Glass, 1790[403]
388.Mantel Glass, 1800-1810[404]
389.Cheval Glass, 1830-1840[405]
390.Looking-glass, 1810-1825[406]
391.Looking-glass, 1810-1815[407]
392.Looking-glass, 1810-1825[408]
393.Pier Glass, 1810-1825[409]
394.Looking-glass, 1810-1825[410]
Looking-glass[411]
395.Doorway and Mantel, Cook-Oliver House[413]
396.Doorway, Dalton House[414]
397.Mantel, Dalton House[416]
398.Mantel, Dalton House[417]
399.Hall and Stairs, Dalton House[418]
400.Mantel, Penny-Hallett House[419]
401.Doorway, Parker-Inches-Emery House[420]
402.Mantel, Lee Mansion[421]
403.Landing and Stairs, Lee Mansion[422]
404.Stairs, Harrison Gray Otis House[424]
405.Mantel, Harrison Gray Otis House[425]
406.Stairs, Robinson House[426]
407.Stairs, Allen House[427]
408.Balusters and Newel, Oak Hill[428]
409.Stairs, Sargent-Murray-Gilman House[429]
410.Mantel, Sargent-Murray-Gilman House[430]
411.Mantel, Kimball House[431]
412.Mantel, Lindall-Barnard-Andrews House[432]
413.Doorway, Larkin-Richter House[433]
414.Doorway, “Octagon”[434]
415.Mantel, “Octagon”[435]
416.Mantel, Schuyler House[436]
417.Mantel and Doorways, Manor Hall[438]
418.Mantel and Doorways, Manor Hall[439]
419.Mantel, Manor Hall[440]
420.Doorway, Independence Hall[441]
421.Stairs, Graeme Park[442]
422.Mantel and Doorways, Graeme Park[443]
423.Doorway, Chase House[445]
424.Entrance and Stairs, Cliveden[446]
425.Mantel, Cliveden[447]
426.Fretwork Balustrade, Garrett House[448]
427.Stairs, Valentine Museum[449]
428.Mantel, Myers House[450]

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