ABC/281 - A History of English Furniture - The Age of Oak

ABC/281

A History of English Furniture - The Age of Oak

1 volume

A History of English Furniture by Percy Macquoid, with plates in colour after Shirley Slocombe and numerous illustrations selected and arranged by the author. The main aim of this volume is to talk about the history, development and evolution of English furniture and the foreign influences that contributed to them. The subject has been divided into four periods. The first, dating from 1500 to 1600, comprising furniture that can be attributed to the Renaissance and its evolution from the Gothic, termed as 'The Age of Oak'. The second, from 1660 to 1720, where the change is varied by the Restoration and Dutch influence, followed by an English spirit, called 'The Age of Walnut'. The third period, lasting from 1720 to 11770, with French influences, called 'The Age of Mahogany'; and the fourth, from1770 to 1820; inspired by a combination of all things classical, combined with a curiously unbalanced taste, described as 'The Composite Age'. The colour plates depict: Credence; Sudbury's Hutch; Sir John Wynne's Buffet; Yew Chair and Oak Cacqueteuse Chair; Cabinet Inlaid with Marqueterie; Writing Cabinet inlaid with Marqueterie; Walnut and Oak Standing Buffet; Oak Chest and Oak Inlaid Nonesuch Chest; Oak Inlaid Chest; Oak Standing Buffet; Oak Inlaid Chest; Oak Inlaid Boxes; Oak Cupboard (Welsh); Oak Double Chairs (Welsh); Oak Court Cupboard. The other illustrations depict: Oak Gothic Cupboard; Armoire or Livery Cupboards; Oak Buffets; Oak Chests; Oak Coffers; Oak Coffrets; Oak Linenfold Panels; Oak Linenfold Cupboard Door; Oak Double Hutch; Oak Hutches; Lower Tier of Choir Stalls, Westminster Abbey; Brackets to Miserere Seats, Westminster Abbey; Canopies to the Upper Tier of Choir Stalls, Westminster Abbey; Choir Stalls and Brackets to Miserere Seats, Christ Church, Hampshire; Christ Church Stalls, Lower Tier; Six Panel-Headings, Choir Stalls at Christ Church; Detail of Upper Tier, Chirst Church, Hampshire; Provost's Stall, King's College Chapel, Cambridge; Vice-Provost's Seat and Adjacent Stalls, King's College Chapel, Cambridge; Side Stalls and Miserere Seats, King's College Chapel, Cambridge; French Walnut Credence; Oak Standing Cupboard; Oak Credence (Burgundian); Oak Court Cupboard; Oak Panelling from a House at Waltham; Oak Panels; Oak Game Table; Oak Chairs; Chairs in Sacristy of York Cathedral and at Winchester Cathedral; Walnut Chairs; Walnut Cacqueteause Chairs; Chest Fronts; Cabinets; Back of Bed; Oak Stools; Gothic Stools; Turned Chairs; Oak Beds; Ceiling of Tester; Needle-work Tester and Valances; Set of Elizabethan Cushions; End of Table; Tables; Table inlaid with Marqueterie; Top of Tables; Chest inlaid with Marqueterie; Small Walnut Table; Walnut Table with Draw-Top; Standing Buffet; Walnut Sideboards; Oak Draw-Tables; Nonesuch Palace Drawing; Nonesuch Chest; X Chairs; Footstools; Day-Bed; State Beds; Oak Chests with Drawers; Oak Chests with Drawers; Couch; Sittee; Double Chair; Arm-Chair and Farthingale Chair; Upholstered Chair; Northern French Walnut Chair; Oak Box; Oak Cradle; Children's Oak Chairs; Oak Hanging Wardrobe; Oak Benches; Oak Settles. Credence; Sudbury's Hutch; Sir John Wynne's Buffet; Yew Chair and Oak Cacqueteuse Chair; Cabinet Inlaid with Marqueterie; Writing Cabinet inlaid with Marqueterie; Walnut and Oak Standing Buffet; Oak Chest and Oak Inlaid Nonesuch Chest; Oak Inlaid Chest; Oak Standing Buffet; Oak Inlaid Chest; Oak Inlaid Boxes; Oak Cupboard (Welsh); Oak Double Chairs (Welsh); Oak Court Cupboard. The other illustrations depict: Oak Gothic Cupboard; Armoire or Livery Cupboards; Oak Buffets; Oak Chests; Oak Coffers; Oak Coffrets; Oak Linenfold Panels; Oak Linenfold Cupboard Door; Oak Double Hutch; Oak Hutches; Lower Tier of Choir Stalls, Westminster Abbey; Brackets to Miserere Seats, Westminster Abbey; Canopies to the Upper Tier of Choir Stalls, Westminster Abbey; Choir Stalls and Brackets to Miserere Seats, Christ Church, Hampshire; Christ Church Stalls, Lower Tier; Six Panel-Headings, Choir Stalls at Christ Church; Detail of Upper Tier, Chirst Church, Hampshire; Provost's Stall, King's College Chapel, Cambridge; Vice-Provost's Seat and Adjacent Stalls, King's College Chapel, Cambridge; Side Stalls and Miserere Seats, King's College Chapel, Cambridge; French Walnut Credence; Oak Standing Cupboard; Oak Credence (Burgundian); Oak Court Cupboard; Oak Panelling from a House at Waltham; Oak Panels; Oak Game Table; Oak Chairs; Chairs in Sacristy of York Cathedral and at Winchester Cathedral; Walnut Chairs; Walnut Cacqueteause Chairs; Chest Fronts; Cabinets; Back of Bed; Oak Stools; Gothic Stools; Turned Chairs; Oak Beds; Ceiling of Tester; Needle-work Tester and Valances; Set of Elizabethan Cushions; End of Table; Tables; Table inlaid with Marqueterie; Top of Tables; Chest inlaid with Marqueterie; Small Walnut Table; Walnut Table with Draw-Top; Standing Buffet; Walnut Sideboards; Oak Draw-Tables; Nonesuch Palace Drawing; Nonesuch Chest; X Chairs; Footstools; Day-Bed; State Beds; Oak Chests with Drawers; Oak Chests with Drawers; Couch; Sittee; Double Chair; Arm-Chair and Farthingale Chair; Upholstered Chair; Northern French Walnut Chair; Oak Box; Oak Cradle; Children's Oak Chairs; Oak Hanging Wardrobe; Oak Benches; Oak Settles.

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