Furniture Of The Olden Time
| Author(s): | Morse Frances Clary |
| Category: | Furniture & Furnishings |
| Publisher: | MacMillan |
| Publish date: | Jan 1, 1902 |
| ISBN: | 0009900000112 |
| Number of pages: | 407 |
How much more agreeable it is to sit in the midst of old furniture like Minotfs clocks and secretary and looking-glass, wbicb bave come down from otber generations, tban amid tbat whicb was just brought from tbe cabinet-maker* s, smelling of varnisb, like a coffin ! To sit under tbe face of an old clock tbat bas been ticking one hundred and fifty years — there is something mortal, not to say immortal, about it ; a clock that begun to tick when Massachusetts was a province. H. D. Thorbau, "Autumn"
Table of contents
FURNITURE OF THE OLDEN TIME
Contents
List of Illustrations
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I CHESTS, CHESTS OF DRAWERS, AND DRESSING-TABLES
CHAPTER II BUREAUS AND WASHSTANDS
CHAPTER III BEDSTEADS
CHAPTER IV CUPBOARDS AND SIDEBOARDS
CHAPTER V DESKS
CHAPTER VI CHAIRS
CHAPTER VII SETTLES, SETTEES, AND SOFAS
CHAPTER VIII TABLES
CHAPTER IX MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
CHAPTER X FIRES AND LIGHTS
CHAPTER XI CLOCKS
CHAPTER XII LOOKING-GLASSES
CHAPTER XIII DOORWAYS, MANTELS, AND STAIRS
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN CABINET WORK
INDEX OF THE OWNERS OF FURNITURE
GENERAL INDEX
