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COMPANION VOLUME BY THE SAME AUTHOR

CHATS ON OLD FURNITURE

Illustrated by 72 Full-page Plates.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. The Renaissance on the Continent

II. The English Renaissance

III. Stuart or Jacobean (Early Seventeenth Century)

IV. Stuart or Jacobean (Late Seventeenth Century)

V. Queen Anne and Early Georgian Styles

VI. French Furniture: the Period of Louis XV.

VII. French Furniture: the Period of Louis XVI.

VIII. French Furniture: the Period of Louis XVI.

IX. French Furniture: the First Empire Style

X. Chippendale and his Style

XI. Adam, Hepplewhite, and Sheraton Styles

XII. Hints to Collectors

CHATS ON COTTAGE AND FARMHOUSE FURNITURE

BOOKS FOR COLLECTORS

With Coloured Frontispieces and many Illustrations. Large Crown 8vo, cloth.

CHATS ON ENGLISH CHINA. By Arthur Hayden.

CHATS ON OLD FURNITURE. By Arthur Hayden.

CHATS ON OLD PRINTS. By Arthur Hayden.

CHATS ON COSTUME. By G. Woolliscroft Rhead.

CHATS ON OLD LACE AND NEEDLEWORK. By E. L. Lowes.

CHATS ON ORIENTAL CHINA. By J. F. Blacker.

CHATS ON MINIATURES. By J. J. Foster.

CHATS ON ENGLISH EARTHENWARE. By Arthur Hayden. (Companion Volume to "Chats on English China.")

CHATS ON AUTOGRAPHS. By A. M. Broadley.

CHATS ON OLD PEWTER. By H. J. L. J. Massé, M.A.

CHATS ON POSTAGE STAMPS. By Fred J. Melville.

CHATS ON OLD JEWELLERY AND TRINKETS. By MacIver Percival.

CHATS ON COTTAGE AND FARMHOUSE FURNITURE. By Arthur Hayden. (Companion Volume to "Chats on Old Furniture.")

LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN. NEW YORK: F. A. STOKES COMPANY.

SIDEBOARD OF CARVED OAK. ENGLISH, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. (In the Victoria and Albert Museum.)

Frontispiece.

Chats on Cottage AND Farmhouse Furniture

BY

ARTHUR HAYDEN AUTHOR OF "CHATS ON OLD FURNITURE," ETC.

WITH A CHAPTER ON OLD ENGLISH CHINTZES By HUGH PHILLIPS

AND SEVENTY-THREE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS

(All rights reserved.)

TO MY OLD FRIEND FREDERIC ARUP I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME IN MEMORY OF A HAPPY LABOUR OF LOVE COMPLETED