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--Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.
--Superscript letters have been rendered as word^s.
FURNITURE
OF THE OLDEN TIME
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK ? BOSTON ? CHICAGO ? DALLAS ATLANTA ? SAN FRANCISCO
MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED
LONDON ? BOMBAY ? CALCUTTA MELBOURNE
THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.
TORONTO
FURNITURE OF THE OLDEN TIME
BY FRANCES CLARY MORSE
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Set up and electrotyped November, 1902. Reprinted April, 1903; July, 1905; February, 1908; September, 1910; September, 1913.
Norwood Press
To my Sister
ALICE MORSE EARLE
Contents
PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1
CHESTS, CHESTS OF DRAWERS, AND DRESSING-TABLES 10
BUREAUS AND WASHSTANDS 41
BEDSTEADS 64
CUPBOARDS AND SIDEBOARDS 84
DESKS 117
CHAIRS 154
SETTLES, SETTEES, AND SOFAS 213
TABLES 242
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 280
FIRES AND LIGHTS 315
CLOCKS 348
LOOKING-GLASSES 374
DOORWAYS, MANTELS, AND STAIRS 411
GLOSSARY 451
INDEX OF THE OWNERS OF FURNITURE 459
GENERAL INDEX 465
ILLUS. PAGE
Looking-glass, 1810-1825 10
Looking-glass, 1810-1825 41
Looking-glass, about 1770 64
Looking-glass, 1770-1780 84
Looking-glass, about 1760 117
Looking-glass, 1720-1740 154
Looking-glass, 1770-1780 213
Looking-glass, 1750-1780 242
Looking-glass, 1760-1770 280
Looking-glass, 1785-1795 315
Looking-glass, First Quarter of Eighteenth Century 348
Looking-glass, First Quarter of the Eighteenth Century 374
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