Chapter VII: Oak Arm-Chairs (one Dated 1650) 191

CHESTNUT ARM-CHAIR AND OAK ARM-CHAIR (_c._ 1690) 191

YORKSHIRE CHAIR (RESTORATION PERIOD) 197

CROMWELLIAN CHAIRS 197

OAK SETTLE (_c._ 1675) 201

OAK ARM-CHAIRS (ONE DATED 1777) 201

OAK CHAIRS (_c._ 1680) IN WALNUT STYLES 205

OAK CHAIRS, SHOWING VARIOUS TRANSITIONAL STAGES 209

CHAIRS IN QUEEN ANNE STYLE 213

COUNTRY CHIPPENDALE AND HEPPLEWHITE CHAIRS 215

OAK SETTEES IN CHIPPENDALE STYLE 219

COUNTRY CHAIRS IN CHIPPENDALE AND SHERATON
STYLES 225

GRANDFATHER CHAIR 231

ARM-CHAIR AND BACON-CUPBOARD 231

SPINDLE-BACK AND LADDER-BACK CHAIRS 235

CORNER CHAIRS 237

CHAPTER VIII

CHAIRS OF EARLIEST FORM WITH STICK LEGS 247

OLIVER GOLDSMITH'S CHAIR 251

CHAIRS WITH FIDDLE-SPLAT AND CABRIOLE LEGS 255

CHIPPENDALE AND HEPPLEWHITE WINDSOR CHAIRS 257

SHERATON STYLE WINDSOR CHAIRS 261

CHAPTER IX

CHEST, DATED 1636 (WELSH) 269

CUPBOARD, DATED 1710 (WELSH) 269

ELM WARDROBE (WELSH). OAK DRESSER (LANCASHIRE) 273

FLAP-TOP TABLE (HERTFORDSHIRE TYPE) 275

SPINDLE-BACK CHAIRS (LANCASHIRE) 275

OAK CHEST OF DRAWERS (YORKSHIRE TYPE) 279

LANCASHIRE OAK SETTLE (_c._ 1660) 279

THREE-LEGGED TABLE (ISLE OF MAN) 281

CRICKET TABLES (HERTFORDSHIRE, SOUTH BEDS,
CAMBRIDGE, AND ESSEX) 281

CHAPTER X

RUSHLIGHT-HOLDERS, SCOTCH CRUSIE, CANDLE-DIPPER,
PIPE CLEANER, ETC. 289

QUEEN ANNE POT-HANGER, WITH ORIGINAL GRATE 291

KETTLE TRIVET 291

COUNTRY FIREDOGS AND FIRE-GRATE (EIGHTEENTH
CENTURY) 297

SUSSEX IRON FIREBACKS 301

SUSSEX IRON FIREBACKS AND ORIGINAL WOOD PATTERN 303

GRANDFATHER CLOCK AND WARMING-PANS 307

BRASS DIAL OF THIRTY-HOUR CLOCK 309

CHAPTER XI--OLD ENGLISH CHINTZES

OLD TRADE CARD SHOWING CALICO PRINTERS AT
WORK 319

HUGUENOT PRINTED CHINTZ WITH PORTRAITS 319

HAND-PRINTED CHINTZES. QUEEN ANNE PERIOD AND
CHINESE STYLE 323

EXOTIC BIRD AND GOTHIC STYLES (EIGHTEENTH
CENTURY) 327

HAND-PRINTED CHINTZ BY R. JONES (OLD FORD) 331

HEPPLEWHITE PERIOD AND VICTORIAN PERIOD DESIGNS 335

VICTORIAN CHINTZ (IN THE COLLECTION OF MRS.
COBDEN UNWIN) 339

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY
NOTE