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English Furniture at a Glance - A Simple Review in Pictures of the Origin and Evolution of Furniture From the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries
English Furniture at a Glance - A Simple Review in Pictures of the Origin and Evolution of Furniture From the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries
English Furniture at a Glance - A Simple Review in Pictures of the Origin and Evolution of Furniture From the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries
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English Furniture at a Glance - A Simple Review in Pictures of the Origin and Evolution of Furniture From the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

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This little book provides a concise and simple account of the origin and evolution of English Furniture, providing a guide for anyone seeking and elementary knowledge on the subject. It is grouped into chapter by furniture piece and includes chapters on Stools, Chairs, Settees and Daybeds, Chests and Drawers, Dressers and Sideboards, Tables, Boxes and Desks, Wardrobes, Bookcases, Mirrors and more. It contains many clear and informative pictures and illustrations.
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Release dateMay 31, 2013
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English Furniture at a Glance - A Simple Review in Pictures of the Origin and Evolution of Furniture From the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

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    English Furniture at a Glance - A Simple Review in Pictures of the Origin and Evolution of Furniture From the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries - Charles H. Hayward

    ENGLISH FURNITURE

    AT A GLANCE

    A SIMPLE REVIEW IN PICTURES OF THE

    ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF FURNITURE

    FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE

    EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

    BY

    CHARLES H. HAYWARD

    1924

    PREFACE

    This volume is the second in the Series of which the first was English Architecture at a Glance.

    The aim of each volume is to present, through the medium of a concise and simple narrative, illustrated by clear and informative pictures, an account of the origin and evolution of the subject with which it deals, for the guidance of those who are seeking an elementary knowledge of their subject.

    The widespread interest in old English Furniture has led to the publication, during recent years, of numerous expensive volumes dealing mostly with selected periods. There is, however, an undoubted need for a small book which forms a general survey of the craft and shows how certain types of Furniture came into being, sometimes as the result of a change in the national customs involving new requirements, in other cases as a development of the previous style, and it is for the purpose of supplying this need that the present work has been prepared.

    The illustrations are grouped into separate series, each of which represents one big family branch of Furniture from the early oak days until the close of the 18th Century. It is not possible to follow this plan in every case, since many pieces, which in the 18th Century were of quite different formation and utility, owed their being to the same origin, whilst others made their appearance as a necessity, as for instance china cabinets, and although they were treated sympathetically with the prevailing style, their actual birth can be fixed no earlier than when the necessity for them arose.

    Wherever possible an endeavour has been made to illustrate pieces which portray in their treatment the gradual development of style, and any unusual examples have, for this reason, been avoided, excepting when they are of such interest as to warrant their inclusion.

    CHARLES H. HAYWARD.

    HORSHAM, SUSSEX.

    CONTENTS

    DEDICATION

    PREFACE

    LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

    TABLE OF THE HISTORIC PERIODS

    I  INTRODUCTION

    II  STOOLS

    III  CHAIRS

    IV  SETTLES, DAYBEDS, AND SETTEES

    V  CHESTS, CHESTS WITH DRAWERS, CHESTS OF DRAWERS, AND TALLBOYS

    VI  ARMOIRES, COURT CUPBOARDS, DRESSERS, SIDEBOARD-TABLES AND SIDEBOARDS

    VII  TABLES

    VIII  BIBLE BOXES, DESKS, AND BUREAUX

    IX  BEDS

    X  WARDROBES

    XI  CHINA CABINETS

    XII  BOOKCASES

    XIII  MIRRORS

    XIV  OTHER PIECES

    ILLUSTRATIONS.

    STOOLS.

    1.    Tudor Gothic Stool with solid end supports. The latter are splayed outwards to give greater stability. (Oak.)

    Early 16th Century.

    2.    Elizabethan Stool with carved legs. The side rails are ornamented with studs in channelled-out grooves. (Oak.)

    Second half of 16th Century.

    3.    An Upholstered Stool of the X type. James I. Period. (Beech.)

    Early 17th Century.

    4.    Oak joint Stool with turned baluster legs. Jacobean Period.

    17th Century.

    5.    Walnut Stool with twist turned legs and rails and caned seat. Charles II Period.

    Second half of 17th Century.

    6.    Walnut Upholstered Stool with scrolled legs and turned stretchers. William and Mary Period.

    Late 17th Century.

    7.    Walnut Upholstered Stool with loose seat and early cabriole legs. Queen Anne Period.

    Early 18th Century.

    8.    Mahogany Stool having square legs and fretted corner pieces. Chippendale Period.

    About 1760.

    CHAIRS.

    1.    Heavy panelled Chair with box under the seat. The back below the seat acts as a door. (Oak.) Tudor Period.

    First half of 16th Century.

    2.    Panelled back type with carving in the form of conventional foliage. (Oak.) Elizabethan Period.

    Second half of 16th Century.

    3.    Farthingale Chair with upholstered seat and back. (Oak.) James I Period.

    Early 17th Century.

    4.    Upholstered Jacobean Chair with twist turned legs and stretchers. (Walnut.) Charles I Period.

    Early 17th Century.

    5.    Cromwellian Chair with leather covering and bobbin legs. (Oak.)Commonwealth Period.

    Middle 17th Century.

    6.    Yorkshire or Derbyshire Chair with carved back and applied split turnings.(Oak.) Jacobean Period.

    Second half of 17th Century.

    7.    Jacobean Chair with acanthus leaf carving. A crown is carved on the stretcher and top rail in honour of the Restoration. (Walnut.) Charles II Period.

    Middle 17th Century.

    8.    Tall-back Chair evolved from the type shown in No. 7. The acanthus leaf carving is replaced by scroll work, a typical feature of the period. (Walnut.) William and Mary Period.

    Second half of

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