Practical Book Of Period Furniture by Eberlein, Harold Donaldson & McClure, Abbot

Philadelphia; (1914): J.B. Lippincott Co. First Edition. Octavo. 4th impression. Color frontispiece, 371 pages, index. Illustrated with 250 plates. The chapters on early American Furniture will help much to introduce order into the chaos that has been caused by the unintelligent use of the word Colonial. To quote the exact phraseology of the book before us: "The term Colonial Furniture as it is ordinarily used means nothing, and is usually misleading. William and Mary or Queen Anne furniture was just as much William and Mary or Queen Anne furniture on one side of the Atlantic as on the other; as was Chippendale or Adam, Hepplewhite or Sheraton." An important and valuable feature of the book is the interior arrangement of the different chapters. For example, the summary at the beginning of the chapter on William and Mary is followed by paragraphs subheaded as follows : Contour, Chairs, Stools, Setees, Chests, Cabinets, Mirrors, Materials, Upholstery, Turning, Carving, Painting, Gilding, Lacquering,… Read More