قراءة كتاب Chats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for Collectors

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Chats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for Collectors

Chats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for Collectors

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ARTHUR HAYDEN.

Italian Chair about 1620.Italian Chair about 1620.


Spanish Chest.Spanish Chest.

CONTENTS

PAGE
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
Chippendale Bureau Bookcase.Chippendale Bureau Bookcase.


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Jacobean Oak Cabinet; decorated with mother-of-pearl, ebony, and ivory. Dated 1653. (By permission of the Board of Education) Frontispiece
Carved Wood Frame; decorated with gold stucco. Sixteenth Century. Italian Title page
Page
Chapter I.—The Renaissance on the Continent.
Portion of Carved Cornice, Italian, Sixteenth Century 33
Frame of Wood, with female terminal figures, Italian, Sixteenth Century 35
Front of Coffer, Italian, late Fifteenth Century 38
Bridal Chest, Gothic design, middle of Fifteenth Century 39
Front of Oak

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