Those whose stock of trinkets did not boast one of these metal cases used the rind of an orange, the inside being carefully extracted, and a sponge with vinegar and spices being inserted in its place. Rose-balls made of leaves beaten to pulp, mixed with sweet spices, and rolled into a ball, soon became hard, resembling the rosaries made in the south of France. When held in the hand they became very fragrant from its warmth. Simpler than any of these was a rosy apple stuck full of cloves and giving out a fragrance years after the apple had lost all appearance or consistency of being a fruit, and awakening in the mind an image of her who made it in some quiet garden long ago. Like an antique spice-ball, all this old furniture that we have passed in review has an aroma of its own compounded by the hand that built it, the person that owned it, and the scenes that it has lived through.
Many a sober old chair could discourse of experiences ranging from grave to gay, from lively to severe, and every one of these antiques, whether a treasured heirloom or a reclaimed derelict, has a charm that is not easily excelled.
INDEX.
"A Brief Description of New York", [35]
Adam Brothers, [49], [68], [73], [74], [75], [80], [85]
Adam, Robert, [55], [73], [74], [75], [175], James [73], [74]
Addison, [56]
Advertisements, [124], [125], [129], [137], [138], [144], [205], [214], [215], [228]
Albany, City of, [22], [28], [29], [45]
Albany Historical Society, [29], [37], [105], [135], [145], [194]
Allyn, Alexander, [32]
Almacks, [64]
Amboise, [148]
Amboyna wood, [222]
Amelia Sophia, Princess, [64]
André, Major, [83]
"Annals of New York," Watson, [112]
Anne of Austria, [149]
Antiquarian Society, Concord, Mass., [114]
Aubusson, [154], [158]
Auction Sales, [67], [68]
Ball-and-Claw, [53], [66], [70], [119], [123], [229], [230]
Bancker, Gerard, [134]
Bank of England, [11]
Barjeer, [81]
Baroque, [4]
Bartolozzi, [74]
Bass viol, [192], [193]
Battle Abbey, [68]
Bayard, Colonel and Mrs., [107]
"Bear's Paw", [53], [54]
Beaufait, [111]
Beaumanor Park, [5]
Beauvais, [156], [158], [159]
Beaver skins, [38]
Beds: [7], [38], [114], [115], [116], [118], [119], [126], [127], [133], [137], [138], [139], [169], [170], [223], [224]
Canopy, [72]
Chinese, [72]
Dome, [72]
Elizabethan, [8]
English, [137]
Field, [72], [137], [138]
French, [137], [139]
Flock, [27]
Folding, [76]
Gothic, [72]
High four post, [72], [137]
Low four post, [137], [139]
Press, [81]
Sofa, [72], [86]
Summer, [86]
Tent, [72]
Bed-curtains, [9], [114], [137], [138], [139], [223]
Bedsteads, [7], [56], [170]
Bedford springs, [109], [110]
Bellomont, Lord, [107]
Belvoir, [117]
Bergavenny, Lady Joanne, [7]
Beverly, Robert, [98], [116]
Bibles, [45]
Bills of exchange, [11]
"Bird's claw", [54]
Block foot, [82]
Blois, [149]
Blondel de Nesle, [190]
"Blue Boar Inn", [5]
Bookcases, [57]
Book of Sun-Dials, [197]
Boston, [100], [101], [119], [121], [141]
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, [23]
Boucher, [156], [157]
Boulle, [4]
Boulle, André, Charles, [159], [160], [161], Sons [160]
Bowdoin, James, [144]
Bracket foot, [132], [230]
Bradley, Sarah, [36]
Brass, [226]
Brasses, [226], [227], [228]
Bricks
English, [96], [97]
Dutch, [97]
New England, [97], [121]
Brickmakers, [97]
Britten, Charles, [209]
British Museum, [207]
Broglie, Prince de, [126]
Buchanan, President, [110]
Bull-baiting, [129]
Bureau, [19]
Burnet, Governor, [123]
Butler, Captain Lawrence, [126]
Byrd, Colonel, [97]
Cabinet, [42]
Makers, [137], [140], [141], [146], [147], [226], [227], [232]
"Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer, and General Artists Encyclopedia, By T. Sheraton", [86], [88]
Cabriole, [53], [66], [70], [229]
Caffieri, [163], [164]
Cane furniture, [24], [59]
Candles, [123], [124]
Candlewood, [123]
Cards, Dutch, [44], [45]
English, [122]
Card tables, [63], [80]
Carpets, [44], [113]
Carriages, [113]
Casement, [76]
Castors, [228]
Catherine of Braganza, [24], [59], [63], [208]
Cedar, [56]
Chairs, [22], [123], [134], [187], [229], [230]
French, [48], [58]
Hepplewhite, [77]
Leather, [23]
Russia Leather, [98]
Rush bottom, [106]
Sets of, [106]
Spanish, [23], [229]
Windsor, [88], [112], [113]
Chambers, Sir William, [55]
Chambord, [148]
"Chancelleries", [155], [157]
Chapin, Abel, [142]
Chapin, Mistress David, [34]
Charles I, [15], [202], [203].
II, [24], [25], [26], [154], [202], [203]
Charleston, [96], [180], [181], [182], [195]
Chenonceau, [148]
Chests, [11]-21, [40], [112], [132], [141], [163]
Chicopee, [34]
"Chinese and Gothic Architecture", [49]
Chinese designs, [48], [58]
Furniture, [55], [56]
Style, [43], [48], [56]
Taste, [49], [55], [62]
Chippendale, [48]-72, [77], [86], [87], [119], [123], [135], [213], [230]
Ornaments, [52], [57], [58], [66], [69]
Choir singing, [184]
Clavichord, [174]
Clement, William, [209]
Clepsydra, [199]
Clocks, [71], [163], [197]-221, [200]
Banjo, [219]
Brass works, [215]
French, [214]
Lantern, [202]
Long case, [209], [218]
Mantel, [219]
Mottoes, [212]
Price of, [215], [216]
Springs, [216]
Wooden works, [216]
Clockmakers
Burnap, Daniel, [215]
Carmichael, John, [213]
Clark, Herman, [216]
Clement, William, [209]
Clowes, James, [212]
Downs, Ephraim, [220]
Fox, Isaac, [207]
Francis, Basil, [215]
Gould, Christopher, [213]
Graham, George, [204]
Hanks, Benjamin, [215]
Harland, Thomas, [216]
Harris, Richard, [201]
Harrison, J., [210]
Hoadley, Silas, [216]
Hopkins, Asa, [216]
Huyghens, [203]
Ives, Chauncey, [220]
Knibb, Joseph, [212]
Lepante, [214]
Le Roy, Julien, [214]
Lownes, James, [212]
Merriman, Silas, [216]
Monks, [213]
"N. O.", [200]
Peck, Timothy, [216]
Quare, Daniel, [204]
Rittenhouse, David, [217]
Rose, Joseph, [207]
Tenny, William, [215]
Terry, Silas B., [217]
Terry, Eli, [215]
Thomas, Seth, [216]
Tompion, Thomas, [202]
Vick, Richard, [213]
Villiamy, [201]
Willard, Simon, Aaron, Benjamin, Simon, Jr., [219]
Cocoa-Tree Club, [64]
Colbert, [154], [155]
Cold Spring, [133]
"Colonial Furniture", [201]
Colonial furniture, [95]-148
Colonial houses, [101]
Connecticut chest, [20], [108], [141]
Continental Congress, [134]
Cooper Institute Museum, [31], [46], [74], [167], [172]
Cornbury, Governor, [137], [138]
Costume, [29], [59], [60], [100]-103, [106], [107], [120], [129], [136], [142], [144], [145], [151]-153, [162], [167]-169, [233]
Counters, [65]
"Court Records of New Amsterdam", [11], [42]
Cowles House, [113]
Cox, William, [36]
Coytemore, Widow, [100]
Cressent, Charles, [161]
Cristofori, [174], [176], [177]
Cromwell, Oliver, [202], [203]
Culpeper, Thomas, [6]
Cupboards, [43], [46], [111], [136], [140]
Curaçao, [30]
Current moneys, [34]
Curtains, [114], [223]
"Cymbeline", [12]
Danvers, [100]
David, [170]
Dedham, [100]
Deerfield Memorial Hall, [99], [108], [141], [192], [193]
Denton, Daniel, [35]
Desks, [132], [135]
"Designs for Household Furniture" T. Sheraton, [86]
Desmalter, Joseph, [171]
D'Estaing, Count, [143]
Diggs, Mrs., [98]
Dilke, Lady, [149], [159]
Dining-rooms, [112]
Dining-tables, [78]
Domestic discipline, [234]
"Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson", [186]
Dorchester, [100]
Drinks, [234]
Drop handles, [42]
"Duchess", [81]
Dudley, Robert, [98]
Dutch
Cards, [44], [45]
Chests, [46]
Costume, [29]
Foot, [229], [230]
Furniture, [18], [28]-47, [56], [59], [91], [99]
Silver, [45]
Silversmiths, [40], [41]
Utensils, [34]
Wills, [32]
Earl of Arundel, Richard, [7]
Eaton, Theophilus, [21]
Easy chairs, [54], [82]
East India, [48], [80], [223]
Ébénisté, [222]
Ebony, [43]
Embroidery, [166]
Empire furniture, [90], [91]
Empire style, [88], [92], [135], [146], [170], [171], [172], [225], [231], [232]
England, [112], [145], [197], [199], [206], [218]
Epes, Colonel Francis, [17], [139]
Escutcheons, [224], [226], [227], [228]
Esopus, [133]
Evelyn's Diary, [59], [154]
"Fairfield", [104]
Faneuil, Andrew, [119], [120]
Faneuil, Hall, [121], [143]
Faneuil, Peter, [120], [121], [122]
Feet, [228], [229]
Fiot, Julius, [196]
Fire-buckets, [31]
Fireplace, [145]
Flaxman, John, [75]
Flemish foot, [228], [229]
Flemish Style, [25]
Flock beds, [27]
Fontainebleau, [148], [149], [154], [161], [169], [170], [171]
Foot-bank, [24]
Forks, [98], [120], [132]
Fox, Charles James, [64]
Fox-hunting, [128]
France, [148]-150, [154], [168], [169], [231]
Francis I, [148], [149], [154]. II, [148]
French chairs, [48], [58]
Court, [150]
Foot, [82], [230]
Furniture, [52], [148]-173
Revolution, [90], [157], [169]
Taste, [59], [71]
"French Furniture of the XVIII Century", [149], [159]
"Fret", heraldic, [208]
Fretwork, [62]
Frigate Brandywine, [221]
Frison, John, [98]
Frost, Miss Sarah, [66], [147]
"Furniture of Our Forefathers", [28], [223]
Gaine, Hugh, [124], [125]
Galileo, [201]
Gambling, [63]-65, [162]
Gardiner, Lion, [22]
Gatty, Mrs., [197]
Gautier, William, [112], [113]
Geib, John & Sons, [194], [195]
"Gentleman's Magazine", [199], [207]
George I, [60]
II, [60], [64], [65]
III, [55], [74], [213]
IV, [64]
"Gesso", [73], [175]
Gillow, [91]
Glass, [226], [227]
Gnomon, [197]
Gobelin, [154]-157
Goler, George W., [213]
Graham, George, [204]
Grand Trianon, [170]
"Great Bed of Ware", [8]
Greek and Roman Style, [73]
Guildford, [100], [102]
Guildhall Museum, [210]
Hadley Chest, [20], [141]
Halfpenny, William, [49]
Hancock, John, [143], [144]
Hampton Court Palace, [210]
Handles, [132], [140], [146], [222]-236
Bail, [224]
Brass, [226]
China, [225]
Drop, [224]
Glass, [225]
Rosette, [225]
Watergilt, [226]
Willow, [224]
Harmonica, [193]
Harps, [188], [189], [190], [191]
Harpists, [190], [191]
Harpsichord, [174], [176], [185], [187], [188], [193]
Harris, Richard, [201]
Harvard College, [103]
Haward, John, [174]
"Hawkin's History of Music", [179]
Haynes, John, [21]
Hempstead, [35], [45]
Plains, [128]
Henrico County, [98], [139]
Hepplewhite, [69], [71], [76]-80, [85], [87], [119], [132], [138], [224]
Hessians, [135]
"Highboy", [140]
"History of Boston." Drake, [179]
"History of Music in Boston." Dwight, [191]
"History of Music in New England." Hood, [182]
"History of New England." Palfrey, [102]
"History of New York." Smith, [66], [67]
"History of South Carolina." McCrady, [96]
"History and Present State of Virginia.", [115]
"Historic Landmarks of Maryland and Virginia.", [185]
Hitchcock, Deacon Justin, [192]
Hitchcock, Thomas and John, [174]
Hobbs, Richard, [98]
Hochbrücker, [188]
Hogarth, [59]
Hollingbourne Manor, [6]
Hooker, Robert, [203]
Hope, Thomas, [231]
Horologe, [209]
Horse-racing, [128], [129]
Hotel Montmorency, [1]
Hour-glass, [199], [200]
Hoyt, William M., [80], [107], [139], [213], [219]
Ince & Mayhew, [48], [49]
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, [112]
Inns, [142]
Inventories, [17], [21], [22], [26], [32], [33], [37], [38], [41], [45], [98], [100], [102], [103], [105], [108], [109], [117], [122], [123], [133]-136, [139], [142], [187]
Italian Work, [150]
Italy, [148]
Jacobean Furniture, [9], [10], [12]
James I., [9], [11], [15], [205]
II., [64]
Jamestown, [95]
Japanning, [5]
Jefferson, Thomas, [48], [186]
Joined Work, [5]
Johnson, Thomas, [48]
Johnson Hall, [187]
Josephine, Empress, [169], [170], [171]
"Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth", [26]
"Journeyman's Cabinet and Chair-Makers Philadelphia Book of Prices", [109]
Kauffmann, Angelica, [73], [74]
Kidd, Captain William, [37]
Killgore, A., [92]
Misses, [93], [111]
King's Chapel, [179], [180]
King's College, [234], [235]
King David, [189]
"King Hooper House", [114]
"King Richard's Bed", [6]
Knife-boxes, [82], [89]
Kitchen Utensils, [122]
Lacquer, [4], [145], [210]
Lady Joanne Bergavenny, [7]
Lady Moody, [13]
Lake, Mrs., [21], [119]
Lamb, Charles, [199]
Lamberton, George, [26]
Lamps, [123], [124]
Lanterns, [120]
Le Brun, [154], [155]
Lemaire, [156]
Le Notre, [150]
"Letters of Pacification", [183]
Library, [118]
Lignum-vitæ, [122]
"Lining-out", [182], [183]
Little Trianon, [165], [169]
Lloyd, Cornelius, [97]
Lock, Matthias, [48]
Lockwood, [141], [201], [219]
London, [97], [120], [122], [141]
London Cabinet-Maker's Society, [76]
London Clock-Maker's Company, [201]
Long Island, [45]
Long Island Dutch, [34]
Looking Glasses, [43], [70]
Louis XII., [149]
XIII., [148]
XIV., [71], [150]-155, [157]-159, [161], [172]
XV., [52], [57], [161]-163, [165], [172], [173], [176]
XVI., [158], [165], [167], [172], [173]
Louvre, [148], [160]
"Lowboy", [143]
Luynes, Duc de, [157]
Madison, Dolly, [84]
Mahogany, [43], [44], [51], [54], [58], [61], [81], [84], [86], [90], [91], [109], [117], [123], [132], [138], [140], [172], [232]
Maintenon, Madame de, [151]
Manwaring, Robert, [49]
Mansart, [151]
Marie Antoinette, [165], [166], [169], [172], [188], [222]
Marlborough, Duke and Duchess, [67]
Marquetry, [3], [46]
Martin Brothers, [164], [165]
Maryland, [96]
Massachusett's General Court, [101]
Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, [15], [56], [61], [70], [196]
Metal mounts, [55], [139], [146], [163]-167, [171]-173, [211]
Metropolitan Museum, New York, [46], [177], [188]
"Mischianza", [83]
Michaud, Doctor, [83]
Monticello, [186], [187]
Montgomery, General, [164]
Morris, Mrs., [126]
Moulding, [19]
Mount Vernon, [116], [117], [185], [197], [219]
Mott, Charles, [33]
"Music in America." Ritter, [184]
Musical glasses, [193]
Musical Instruments, [174]-196
Musical Societies, [195]
Naderman, [188]
Napoleon, [146], [149], [170], [171], [231]
Napoleonic style, [91]
New Amsterdam, [28], [31], [35], [36], [45]
Court records of, [11], [42]
Newbury, [101]
New England, [26], [28], [99], [103], [108], [141], [180]
New Haven Colony, [20], [26], [201]
New Jersey, State Library, [135]
New York, City of, [32], [34], [44], [45], [126], [128], [198], [215]
"New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury", [109], [113], [129], [144]
"New York Records of the Revolution", [134]
Newport, [218], [219]
Nutwood, [31], [223]
Oak, American, [18]
English, [10]
Spanish, [59]
Oeben, [165]
"Old Manse", [88]
"Old Palace Yard", [200], [201]
Old Songs, [185], [186], [195]
"Old State House", Boston, [111]
"Old Stone House", [100]
"Olden-Time Music", Brooks, [185]
Olive-wood, [14], [15]
Oliver, Mrs. B. H., [105]
Oort, John, [36]
Organs, [178]-182, [184], [191]
Organists, [179], [181]
Ormolu, [4], [163], [164], [169], [211]
"Overdoors", [49]
"Over-mantels", [71]
Panelling, oak, [2]
Peabody, A. P., [235]
Pembroke Tables, [82]
Pendulum, [208]-211, [215], [217]
Penn, William, [104], [105]
Pennsylvania, [104]
"Pennsylvania Stoves", [113]
Pepys's Diary, [63], [175], [191], [205], [207], [208]
Percier & Fontaine, [90]
Percy, George, [97]
Pergolese, [73], [74]
Pesaro, Domenico di, [175]
Pewter, [232], [233]
Philadelphia, [83], [84], [103], [106], [109], [112], [126], [127], [134], [215], [217]
Piano, [174], [176]-178, [191], [193]-196
Pickering, Rev. Theophilus, [108]
Pomander Balls, [235], [236]
Pompadour, Madame de, [162]
Pratt, Phineas, [141]
Pringle House, [96]
Psaltery, [189]
Quare, Daniel, [204], [210]
Queen Anne, [59], [64], [211], [229]
Queen Caroline, [60]
Queen Catherine, [63]
Quincy, Josiah, [97], [181]
Rails, [18]
Raleigh, Sir W., [51]
Rappahannock, [98]
"Record of the Damages done by the British," etc., [135]
Regency, [160], [161]
Renaissance, French, [148], [149]
Furniture, [10], [14]
Revolution, [82], [97], [127], [132], [133]
Rich, Charles, [84]
Richard Cœur de Lion, [190]
Riesener, [165], [166], [222]
Ripley, Rev. Ezra, [88], [108], [114]
Rittenhouse, David, [217]
Rochefoucauld, Duc de La, [151]
Rococo, [3]
Roelantsen, Adam,
[35]
Rosewood, [54], [147]
Salem, [84], [108], [121]
Santvoordt, Cornelis Van, [133]
Satin-wood, [73], [80], [81]
Schenectady, [28]
"Set-work.", [22], [27]
Sèvres, [146], [163]
Sewall, Rev. Samuel, [17]
Shaw, Henry, [6], [8]
Shearer, Thomas, [69], [76]-78, [91]
Sheets, [137]
Sheraton, Thomas, [69], [71], [77], [78], [84]-91, [99], [113], [140], [146], [147], [224], [230], [231]
" foot, [85]
Sideboards, [69], [77], [78], [86], [90]
Silver Furniture, [10]
Singleton, Miss, [28]
Singing-schools, [183]
Sleeping-bunk, [42]
Smith, George, [91]
Smith, Captain John, [15], [95]
South Carolina, [180], [181]
South Carolina College, [53]
South Kensington Museum, [8], [25], [54], [188]
"Spade-foot", [74], [81], [230]
Spandrels, [212], [213]
Spanish chairs, [23]
Foot, [23], [229]
Leather, [22], [23], [223]
Style, [25], [229]
"Specimens of Early Furniture", [6]
"Spectator", [59]
Spinet, [174], [175], [185]
Splat, [53], [58], [66], [77], [123], [229], [230]
St. Cecilia Society, [181]
St. Martin's Lane, [52]
St. Paul's Chapel, [164], [183]
St. Philip's Church, [181]
St. Simon, [153]
Staffordshire, [93]
Steenwych, Madam, [30]
Stiles, [18]
Stillrooms, [235]
Stools, [10]
Stoves, [145]
Strawberry Hill, [56], [75], [138]
"Strong-box", [134]
Stuarts, [15]
"Style" French, [149]
Sun-dials, [197], [199]
Table, old oak, [9]
Tadema, Alma, [73]
Taine, M., [152]
Tapestry, [154], [159]
Tayloe House, [94]
Tea, [62], [144]
Caddies, [57]
Tables, [61], [62]
Temple, Sir William, [198], [199]
Terry, Eli and Silas, [215], [220]
Testers, [8]
"The Cabinet-Maker & Upholsterer's Guide, or Repository of Designs for Every Article of Household Furniture, etc." By A. Hepplewhite, [77], [78]
"The Cabinet-Maker & Upholsterer's Drawing Book.", By T. Sheraton, [86]
"The Decorative Part of Civil Architecture", [55]
"The Gentlemen's & Cabinet-Maker's Director", [50], [52], [54], [65], [72], [123]
"The Journeyman's Cabinet and Chair-Makers Philadelphia Book of Prices", [138], [228]
"The London Cabinet-Maker's Book of Prices", [76]
"The Maccaroni Magazine or Monthly Intelligence of the Fashions & Diversions", [129]
"The Magazine a la Mode, or Fashionable Miscellany", [129]
Tinder and Steel, [42]
Tobacco, [96]
Tompion, Thomas, [202], [208], [211], [213]
Trundle-bed, [42]
"Turkey-work", [23]
Turned-wood work, [24]
"Twenty New Designs of Chinese Lattice and other Works for Staircases, Gates, Pailings, etc.", [49]
"Universal System of Household Furnishing", [48]
Upholstery stuffs, [223]
Van Rensselaer, [40], [41], [45], [140], [146]
Vatican, [91]
Veneering, [3]
Venetian paste, [124]
Vernis-Martin, [164], [165]
Versailles, [150]-153, [159], [168], [170], [171]
Virginal, [174]
Virginia, [96]-98, [115], [116], [126], [140], [185], [219]
Wainscot, [51], [111], [112], [149]
Wall papers, [113], [114], [157]
Walpole, Horace, [56], [64], [138]
Wardrobes, [72], [164]
Ware, Isaac, [50]
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