The Illustrations
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A modern dining-roomFrontispiece
FACING PAGE
Italian Renaissance fireplace and overmantel, modern8
Doorways and pilaster details, Italian Renaissance9
Two Louis XIII chairs22
A Gothic chair of the fifteenth century23
A Louis XIV chair32
Louis XIV inlaid desk-table33
Louis XIV chair with underbracing33
A modern French drawing-room40
A drawing-room, old French furniture and tapestry41
Early Louis XIV chair44
Louis XV bergère44
Louis XVI bench45
Louis XVI from Fontainebleau50
American Empire bed51
An Apostles bed of the Tudor period60
Adaptation of the style of William and Mary to dressing table61
Reproduction of Charles II chair61
Living-room with reproductions of different periods64
Original Jacobean sofa65
Reproductions of Charles II chairs65
Reproductions of Queen Anne period72
Reproduction of James II chair73
Reproduction of William and Mary chair73
Gothic and Ribbonback types of Chippendale chairs78
Chippendale mantel mirror showing French influence79
Chippendale fretwork tea-table79
Chippendale china cupboard82
Typical chairs of the eighteenth century83
Chippendale and Hepplewhite sofas86
Adam mirror, block-front chest of drawers, and Hepplewhite chair87
Two Adam mantels92
A group of old mirrors93
Dining-room furnished with Hepplewhite furniture96
Old Hepplewhite sideboard97
Reproduction of Hepplewhite settee97
Sheraton chest of drawers104
Sheraton desk and sewing-table105
Dining-room in simple country house112
Dining-room furnished with fine old furniture113
Dorothy Quincy's bed-room124
Two valuable old desks125
Pembroke inlaid table144
Sheraton sideboard144
Four post bed145
Doorway detail, Compiègne152
Reproduction of a bed owned by Marie Antoinette153
Reproduction of Louis XVI bed153
A Georgian hallway162
Rare block-front chest of drawers163
A modern living-room178
Curtain treatment for a summer home179
Hallway showing rugs188
Hallway showing rugs189
Colonial bed-room189
Dining-room with paneled walls196
Four post bed owned by Lafayette197
Modern dining-room204
Four post bed205
Reproductions of Adam painted furniture222
Three-chair Sheraton settee223
Reproduction of a Sheraton wing-chair223
Slat-backed chair223
Group of chairs and pie-crust table232
Groups of chairs233
Reproduction of Jacobean buffet236
Group of mirrors237
Reproduction of William and Mary settee240
Adaptation of Georgian ideas to William and Mary dressing table240
Two Adam chairs241
Jacobean day-bed241
Reproductions of Chippendale table and Hepplewhite desk244
Reproduction of Sheraton chest of drawers245
Reproduction of William and Mary chest of drawers245
A modern sun-room246
Sheraton sofa247
Hepplewhite chair and nest of tables247
Chippendale wing-chair247
Modern paneled living-room248
Empire bed248
Hancock desk, and fine old highboy249