INDEX.

"A Brief Description of New York", 35 Adam Brothers, 49, 68, 73, 74, 75, 80, 85 Adam, Robert, 55, 73, 74, 75, 175, James 73, 74 Addison, 56 Advertisements, 124, 125, 129, 137, 138, 144, 205, 214, 215, 228 Albany, City of, 22, 28, 29, 45 Albany Historical Society, 29, 37, 105, 135, 145, 194 Allyn, Alexander, 32 Almacks, 64 Amboise, 148 Amboyna wood, 222 Amelia Sophia, Princess, 64 André, Major, 83 "Annals of New York," Watson, 112 Anne of Austria, 149 Antiquarian Society, Concord, Mass., 114 Aubusson, 154, 158 Auction Sales, 67, 68 Ball-and-Claw, 53, 66, 70, 119, 123, 229, 230 Bancker, Gerard, 134 Bank of England, 11 Barjeer, 81 Baroque, 4 Bartolozzi, 74 Bass viol, 192, 193 Battle Abbey, 68 Bayard, Colonel and Mrs., 107 "Bear's Paw", 53, 54 Beaufait, 111 Beaumanor Park, 5 Beauvais, 156, 158, 159 Beaver skins, 38 Beds: 7, 38, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 126, 127, 133, 137, 138, 139, 169, 170, 223, 224 Canopy, 72 Chinese, 72 Dome, 72 Elizabethan, 8 English, 137 Field, 72, 137, 138 French, 137, 139 Flock, 27 Folding, 76 Gothic, 72 High four post, 72, 137 Low four post, 137, 139 Press, 81 Sofa, 72, 86 Summer, 86 Tent, 72 Bed-curtains, 9, 114, 137, 138, 139, 223 Bedsteads, 7, 56, 170 Bedford springs, 109, 110 Bellomont, Lord, 107 Belvoir, 117 Bergavenny, Lady Joanne, 7 Beverly, Robert, 98, 116 Bibles, 45 Bills of exchange, 11 "Bird's claw", 54 Block foot, 82 Blois, 149 Blondel de Nesle, 190 "Blue Boar Inn", 5 Bookcases, 57 Book of Sun-Dials, 197 Boston, 100, 101, 119, 121, 141 Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 23 Boucher, 156, 157 Boulle, 4 Boulle, André, Charles, 159, 160, 161, Sons 160 Bowdoin, James, 144 Bracket foot, 132, 230 Bradley, Sarah, 36 Brass, 226 Brasses, 226, 227, 228 Bricks English, 96, 97 Dutch, 97 New England, 97, 121 Brickmakers, 97 Britten, Charles, 209 British Museum, 207 Broglie, Prince de, 126 Buchanan, President, 110 Bull-baiting, 129 Bureau, 19 Burnet, Governor, 123 Butler, Captain Lawrence, 126 Byrd, Colonel, 97 Cabinet, 42 Makers, 137, 140, 141, 146, 147, 226, 227, 232 "Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer, and General Artists Encyclopedia, By T. Sheraton", 86, 88 Cabriole, 53, 66, 70, 229 Caffieri, 163, 164 Cane furniture, 24, 59 Candles, 123, 124 Candlewood, 123 Cards, Dutch, 44, 45 English, 122 Card tables, 63, 80 Carpets, 44, 113 Carriages, 113 Casement, 76 Castors, 228 Catherine of Braganza, 24, 59, 63, 208 Cedar, 56 Chairs, 22, 123, 134, 187, 229, 230 French, 48, 58 Hepplewhite, 77 Leather, 23 Russia Leather, 98 Rush bottom, 106 Sets of, 106 Spanish, 23, 229 Windsor, 88, 112, 113 Chambers, Sir William, 55 Chambord, 148 "Chancelleries", 155, 157 Chapin, Abel, 142 Chapin, Mistress David, 34 Charles I, 15, 202, 203. II, 24, 25, 26, 154, 202, 203 Charleston, 96, 180, 181, 182, 195 Chenonceau, 148 Chests, 11-21, 40, 112, 132, 141, 163 Chicopee, 34 "Chinese and Gothic Architecture", 49 Chinese designs, 48, 58 Furniture, 55, 56 Style, 43, 48, 56 Taste, 49, 55, 62 Chippendale, 48-72, 77, 86, 87, 119, 123, 135, 213, 230 Ornaments, 52, 57, 58, 66, 69 Choir singing, 184 Clavichord, 174 Clement, William, 209 Clepsydra, 199 Clocks, 71, 163, 197-221, 200 Banjo, 219 Brass works, 215 French, 214 Lantern, 202 Long case, 209, 218 Mantel, 219 Mottoes, 212 Price of, 215, 216 Springs, 216 Wooden works, 216 Clockmakers Burnap, Daniel, 215 Carmichael, John, 213 Clark, Herman, 216 Clement, William, 209 Clowes, James, 212 Downs, Ephraim, 220 Fox, Isaac, 207 Francis, Basil, 215 Gould, Christopher, 213 Graham, George, 204 Hanks, Benjamin, 215 Harland, Thomas, 216 Harris, Richard, 201 Harrison, J., 210 Hoadley, Silas, 216 Hopkins, Asa, 216 Huyghens, 203 Ives, Chauncey, 220 Knibb, Joseph, 212 Lepante, 214 Le Roy, Julien, 214 Lownes, James, 212 Merriman, Silas, 216 Monks, 213 "N. O.", 200 Peck, Timothy, 216 Quare, Daniel, 204 Rittenhouse, David, 217 Rose, Joseph, 207 Tenny, William, 215 Terry, Silas B., 217 Terry, Eli, 215 Thomas, Seth, 216 Tompion, Thomas, 202 Vick, Richard, 213 Villiamy, 201 Willard, Simon, Aaron, Benjamin, Simon, Jr., 219 Cocoa-Tree Club, 64 Colbert, 154, 155 Cold Spring, 133 "Colonial Furniture", 201 Colonial furniture, 95-148 Colonial houses, 101 Connecticut chest, 20, 108, 141 Continental Congress, 134 Cooper Institute Museum, 31, 46, 74, 167, 172 Cornbury, Governor, 137, 138 Costume, 29, 59, 60, 100-103, 106, 107, 120, 129, 136, 142, 144, 145, 151-153, 162, 167-169, 233 Counters, 65 "Court Records of New Amsterdam", 11, 42 Cowles House, 113 Cox, William, 36 Coytemore, Widow, 100 Cressent, Charles, 161 Cristofori, 174, 176, 177 Cromwell, Oliver, 202, 203 Culpeper, Thomas, 6 Cupboards, 43, 46, 111, 136, 140 Curaçao, 30 Current moneys, 34 Curtains, 114, 223 "Cymbeline", 12 Danvers, 100 David, 170 Dedham, 100 Deerfield Memorial Hall, 99, 108, 141, 192, 193 Denton, Daniel, 35 Desks, 132, 135 "Designs for Household Furniture" T. Sheraton, 86 Desmalter, Joseph, 171 D'Estaing, Count, 143 Diggs, Mrs., 98 Dilke, Lady, 149, 159 Dining-rooms, 112 Dining-tables, 78 Domestic discipline, 234 "Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson", 186 Dorchester, 100 Drinks, 234 Drop handles, 42 "Duchess", 81 Dudley, Robert, 98 Dutch Cards, 44, 45 Chests, 46 Costume, 29 Foot, 229, 230 Furniture, 18, 28-47, 56, 59, 91, 99 Silver, 45 Silversmiths, 40, 41 Utensils, 34 Wills, 32 Earl of Arundel, Richard, 7 Eaton, Theophilus, 21 Easy chairs, 54, 82 East India, 48, 80, 223 Ébénisté, 222 Ebony, 43 Embroidery, 166 Empire furniture, 90, 91 Empire style, 88, 92, 135, 146, 170, 171, 172, 225, 231, 232 England, 112, 145, 197, 199, 206, 218 Epes, Colonel Francis, 17, 139 Escutcheons, 224, 226, 227, 228 Esopus, 133 Evelyn's Diary, 59, 154 "Fairfield", 104 Faneuil, Andrew, 119, 120 Faneuil, Hall, 121, 143 Faneuil, Peter, 120, 121, 122 Feet, 228, 229 Fiot, Julius, 196 Fire-buckets, 31 Fireplace, 145 Flaxman, John, 75 Flemish foot, 228, 229 Flemish Style, 25 Flock beds, 27 Fontainebleau, 148, 149, 154, 161, 169, 170, 171 Foot-bank, 24 Forks, 98, 120, 132 Fox, Charles James, 64 Fox-hunting, 128 France, 148-150, 154, 168, 169, 231 Francis I, 148, 149, 154. II, 148 French chairs, 48, 58 Court, 150 Foot, 82, 230 Furniture, 52, 148-173 Revolution, 90, 157, 169 Taste, 59, 71 "French Furniture of the XVIII Century", 149, 159 "Fret", heraldic, 208 Fretwork, 62 Frigate Brandywine, 221 Frison, John, 98 Frost, Miss Sarah, 66, 147 "Furniture of Our Forefathers", 28, 223 Gaine, Hugh, 124, 125 Galileo, 201 Gambling, 63-65, 162 Gardiner, Lion, 22 Gatty, Mrs., 197 Gautier, William, 112, 113 Geib, John & Sons, 194, 195 "Gentleman's Magazine", 199, 207 George I, 60 II, 60, 64, 65 III, 55, 74, 213 IV, 64 "Gesso", 73, 175 Gillow, 91 Glass, 226, 227 Gnomon, 197 Gobelin, 154-157 Goler, George W., 213 Graham, George, 204 Grand Trianon, 170 "Great Bed of Ware", 8 Greek and Roman Style, 73 Guildford, 100, 102 Guildhall Museum, 210 Hadley Chest, 20, 141 Halfpenny, William, 49 Hancock, John, 143, 144 Hampton Court Palace, 210 Handles, 132, 140, 146, 222-236 Bail, 224 Brass, 226 China, 225 Drop, 224 Glass, 225 Rosette, 225 Watergilt, 226 Willow, 224 Harmonica, 193 Harps, 188, 189, 190, 191 Harpists, 190, 191 Harpsichord, 174, 176, 185, 187, 188, 193 Harris, Richard, 201 Harvard College, 103 Haward, John, 174 "Hawkin's History of Music", 179 Haynes, John, 21 Hempstead, 35, 45 Plains, 128 Henrico County, 98, 139 Hepplewhite, 69, 71, 76-80, 85, 87, 119, 132, 138, 224 Hessians, 135 "Highboy", 140 "History of Boston." Drake, 179 "History of Music in Boston." Dwight, 191 "History of Music in New England." Hood, 182 "History of New England." Palfrey, 102 "History of New York." Smith, 66, 67 "History of South Carolina." McCrady, 96 "History and Present State of Virginia.", 115 "Historic Landmarks of Maryland and Virginia.", 185 Hitchcock, Deacon Justin, 192 Hitchcock, Thomas and John, 174 Hobbs, Richard, 98 Hochbrücker, 188 Hogarth, 59 Hollingbourne Manor, 6 Hooker, Robert, 203 Hope, Thomas, 231 Horologe, 209 Horse-racing, 128, 129 Hotel Montmorency, 1 Hour-glass, 199, 200 Hoyt, William M., 80, 107, 139, 213, 219 Ince & Mayhew, 48, 49 Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 112 Inns, 142 Inventories, 17, 21, 22, 26, 32, 33, 37, 38, 41, 45, 98, 100, 102, 103, 105, 108, 109, 117, 122, 123, 133-136, 139, 142, 187 Italian Work, 150 Italy, 148 Jacobean Furniture, 9, 10, 12 James I., 9, 11, 15, 205 II., 64 Jamestown, 95 Japanning, 5 Jefferson, Thomas, 48, 186 Joined Work, 5 Johnson, Thomas, 48 Johnson Hall, 187 Josephine, Empress, 169, 170, 171 "Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth", 26 "Journeyman's Cabinet and Chair-Makers Philadelphia Book of Prices", 109 Kauffmann, Angelica, 73, 74 Kidd, Captain William, 37 Killgore, A., 92 Misses, 93, 111 King's Chapel, 179, 180 King's College, 234, 235 King David, 189 "King Hooper House", 114 "King Richard's Bed", 6 Knife-boxes, 82, 89 Kitchen Utensils, 122 Lacquer, 4, 145, 210 Lady Joanne Bergavenny, 7 Lady Moody, 13 Lake, Mrs., 21, 119 Lamb, Charles, 199 Lamberton, George, 26 Lamps, 123, 124 Lanterns, 120 Le Brun, 154, 155 Lemaire, 156 Le Notre, 150 "Letters of Pacification", 183 Library, 118 Lignum-vitæ, 122 "Lining-out", 182, 183 Little Trianon, 165, 169 Lloyd, Cornelius, 97 Lock, Matthias, 48 Lockwood, 141, 201, 219 London, 97, 120, 122, 141 London Cabinet-Maker's Society, 76 London Clock-Maker's Company, 201 Long Island, 45 Long Island Dutch, 34 Looking Glasses, 43, 70 Louis XII., 149 XIII., 148 XIV., 71, 150-155, 157-159, 161, 172 XV., 52, 57, 161-163, 165, 172, 173, 176 XVI., 158, 165, 167, 172, 173 Louvre, 148, 160 "Lowboy", 143 Luynes, Duc de, 157 Madison, Dolly, 84 Mahogany, 43, 44, 51, 54, 58, 61, 81, 84, 86, 90, 91, 109, 117, 123, 132, 138, 140, 172, 232 Maintenon, Madame de, 151 Manwaring, Robert, 49 Mansart, 151 Marie Antoinette, 165, 166, 169, 172, 188, 222 Marlborough, Duke and Duchess, 67 Marquetry, 3, 46 Martin Brothers, 164, 165 Maryland, 96 Massachusett's General Court, 101 Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, 15, 56, 61, 70, 196 Metal mounts, 55, 139, 146, 163-167, 171-173, 211 Metropolitan Museum, New York, 46, 177, 188 "Mischianza", 83 Michaud, Doctor, 83 Monticello, 186, 187 Montgomery, General, 164 Morris, Mrs., 126 Moulding, 19 Mount Vernon, 116, 117, 185, 197, 219 Mott, Charles, 33 "Music in America." Ritter, 184 Musical glasses, 193 Musical Instruments, 174-196 Musical Societies, 195 Naderman, 188 Napoleon, 146, 149, 170, 171, 231 Napoleonic style, 91 New Amsterdam, 28, 31, 35, 36, 45 Court records of, 11, 42 Newbury, 101 New England, 26, 28, 99, 103, 108, 141, 180 New Haven Colony, 20, 26, 201 New Jersey, State Library, 135 New York, City of, 32, 34, 44, 45, 126, 128, 198, 215 "New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury", 109, 113, 129, 144 "New York Records of the Revolution", 134 Newport, 218, 219 Nutwood, 31, 223 Oak, American, 18 English, 10 Spanish, 59 Oeben, 165 "Old Manse", 88 "Old Palace Yard", 200, 201 Old Songs, 185, 186, 195 "Old State House", Boston, 111 "Old Stone House", 100 "Olden-Time Music", Brooks, 185 Olive-wood, 14, 15 Oliver, Mrs. B. H., 105 Oort, John, 36 Organs, 178-182, 184, 191 Organists, 179, 181 Ormolu, 4, 163, 164, 169, 211 "Overdoors", 49 "Over-mantels", 71 Panelling, oak, 2 Peabody, A. P., 235 Pembroke Tables, 82 Pendulum, 208-211, 215, 217 Penn, William, 104, 105 Pennsylvania, 104 "Pennsylvania Stoves", 113 Pepys's Diary, 63, 175, 191, 205, 207, 208 Percier & Fontaine, 90 Percy, George, 97 Pergolese, 73, 74 Pesaro, Domenico di, 175 Pewter, 232, 233 Philadelphia, 83, 84, 103, 106, 109, 112, 126, 127, 134, 215, 217 Piano, 174, 176-178, 191, 193-196 Pickering, Rev. Theophilus, 108 Pomander Balls, 235, 236 Pompadour, Madame de, 162 Pratt, Phineas, 141 Pringle House, 96 Psaltery, 189 Quare, Daniel, 204, 210 Queen Anne, 59, 64, 211, 229 Queen Caroline, 60 Queen Catherine, 63 Quincy, Josiah, 97, 181 Rails, 18 Raleigh, Sir W., 51 Rappahannock, 98 "Record of the Damages done by the British," etc., 135 Regency, 160, 161 Renaissance, French, 148, 149 Furniture, 10, 14 Revolution, 82, 97, 127, 132, 133 Rich, Charles, 84 Richard Cœur de Lion, 190 Riesener, 165, 166, 222 Ripley, Rev. Ezra, 88, 108, 114 Rittenhouse, David, 217 Rochefoucauld, Duc de La, 151 Rococo, 3 Roelantsen, Adam, 35 Rosewood, 54, 147 Salem, 84, 108, 121 Santvoordt, Cornelis Van, 133 Satin-wood, 73, 80, 81 Schenectady, 28 "Set-work.", 22, 27 Sèvres, 146, 163 Sewall, Rev. Samuel, 17 Shaw, Henry, 6, 8 Shearer, Thomas, 69, 76-78, 91 Sheets, 137 Sheraton, Thomas, 69, 71, 77, 78, 84-91, 99, 113, 140, 146, 147, 224, 230, 231 " foot, 85 Sideboards, 69, 77, 78, 86, 90 Silver Furniture, 10 Singleton, Miss, 28 Singing-schools, 183 Sleeping-bunk, 42 Smith, George, 91 Smith, Captain John, 15, 95 South Carolina, 180, 181 South Carolina College, 53 South Kensington Museum, 8, 25, 54, 188 "Spade-foot", 74, 81, 230 Spandrels, 212, 213 Spanish chairs, 23 Foot, 23, 229 Leather, 22, 23, 223 Style, 25, 229 "Specimens of Early Furniture", 6 "Spectator", 59 Spinet, 174, 175, 185 Splat, 53, 58, 66, 77, 123, 229, 230 St. Cecilia Society, 181 St. Martin's Lane, 52 St. Paul's Chapel, 164, 183 St. Philip's Church, 181 St. Simon, 153 Staffordshire, 93 Steenwych, Madam, 30 Stiles, 18 Stillrooms, 235 Stools, 10 Stoves, 145 Strawberry Hill, 56, 75, 138 "Strong-box", 134 Stuarts, 15 "Style" French, 149 Sun-dials, 197, 199 Table, old oak, 9 Tadema, Alma, 73 Taine, M., 152 Tapestry, 154, 159 Tayloe House, 94 Tea, 62, 144 Caddies, 57 Tables, 61, 62 Temple, Sir William, 198, 199 Terry, Eli and Silas, 215, 220 Testers, 8 "The Cabinet-Maker & Upholsterer's Guide, or Repository of Designs for Every Article of Household Furniture, etc." By A. Hepplewhite, 77, 78 "The Cabinet-Maker & Upholsterer's Drawing Book.", By T. Sheraton, 86 "The Decorative Part of Civil Architecture", 55 "The Gentlemen's & Cabinet-Maker's Director", 50, 52, 54, 65, 72, 123 "The Journeyman's Cabinet and Chair-Makers Philadelphia Book of Prices", 138, 228 "The London Cabinet-Maker's Book of Prices", 76 "The Maccaroni Magazine or Monthly Intelligence of the Fashions & Diversions", 129 "The Magazine a la Mode, or Fashionable Miscellany", 129 Tinder and Steel, 42 Tobacco, 96 Tompion, Thomas, 202, 208, 211, 213 Trundle-bed, 42 "Turkey-work", 23 Turned-wood work, 24 "Twenty New Designs of Chinese Lattice and other Works for Staircases, Gates, Pailings, etc.", 49 "Universal System of Household Furnishing", 48 Upholstery stuffs, 223 Van Rensselaer, 40, 41, 45, 140, 146 Vatican, 91 Veneering, 3 Venetian paste, 124 Vernis-Martin, 164, 165 Versailles, 150-153, 159, 168, 170, 171 Virginal, 174 Virginia, 96-98, 115, 116, 126, 140, 185, 219 Wainscot, 51, 111, 112, 149 Wall papers, 113, 114, 157 Walpole, Horace, 56, 64, 138 Wardrobes, 72, 164 Ware, Isaac, 50 Waring Galleries, London, 19, 25, 42, 47, 81, 87, 89, 159, 169 Washington, D. C., 94 Washington, General, 90, 116, 117, 197, 220, 233, 234 Watches, 200-202, 206 Watches, striking, 206 Watteau, 168 Wayside Inn, 143 Wedgwood, Josiah, 75, 124 West India Company, 35 West Indies, 112 Weymouth, 141 Whipple House, 90, 99, 137 Whitfield's House, 102 Wigs, 125 William III., 211 Willards, Simon, Aaron, Benjamin, Simon, Jr., 219 Wine coolers, 61, 89, 90 Winthrop, Governor, 100 " Mrs., 101 "Wooden ware", 117, 233 Woods, 108, 136, 137, 141, 222, 223, 226 Worcester, 52 "Works in Architecture by Robert and James Adam, Esquires", 74 Yale University Library, 123 Youghal, 51 Zucchi, 74