
Little Books About Old Furniture. Volume II. The Period of Queen Anne
by A. E. Reveirs-Hopkins J. P. Blake
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About This Book
The sovereigns of England, unlike those of France, have seldom taken to themselves the task of acting as patrons of the fine arts. Therefore when we write of the "Queen Anne period" we do not refer to the influence of the undistinguished lady who for twelve years occupied the throne of England. The term is merely convenient for the purpose of classification, embracing, as it does, the period from William and Mary to George I. during which the furniture had a strong family likeness and shows a development very much on the same line. The change, at the last quarter of the seventeenth century, fr...
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- LITTLE BOOKS ABOUT OLD FURNITURE II. QUEEN ANNE
- INTRODUCTION
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- CHAPTER I: THE QUEEN ANNE PERIOD
- CHAPTER II: SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN AND GRINLING GIBBON
- CHAPTER III: MIRRORS, STOOLS, AND SOME NOTES ON A QUEEN ANNE BEDROOM
- CHAPTER IV: CHAIRS AND TABLES
- CHAPTER V: CHESTS OF DRAWERS, TALLBOYS, CABINETS AND CHINA CABINETS
- CHAPTER VI: SECRETAIRES, BUREAUX, AND WRITING-TABLES
- CHAPTER VII: CLOCKS AND CLOCK-CASES
- CHAPTER VIII: LACQUERED FURNITURE
- INDEX
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