A history of oak furniture . 10^1- ..V NK :Hi; ONTARIO ^^ N Ro3 i. CONTENTS PAGE Introduction . 1 Chapter I.—English Furniture from the Thirteenth to the EndOF the Seventeenth Century .... - 4 Chapter II.—English or Foreign? ----- 12 Chapter III.—French Furniture to the End of the SixteenthCentury - - - - - - - - -15 Chapter IV.—Furniture of the Netherlands - - - 19 Chapter V.—Tyrolese Furniture ----- 23 Chapter VI.—Some Fresh Figured Examples - - - 25 Chapter VII.—Secret Receptacles- and Treasure Chests - 28 Chapter VIII.—Furniture bearing Dates - - - - 34 Chapter IX.—Pe


A history of oak furniture . 10^1- ..V NK :Hi; ONTARIO ^^ N Ro3 i. CONTENTS PAGE Introduction . 1 Chapter I.—English Furniture from the Thirteenth to the EndOF the Seventeenth Century .... - 4 Chapter II.—English or Foreign? ----- 12 Chapter III.—French Furniture to the End of the SixteenthCentury - - - - - - - - -15 Chapter IV.—Furniture of the Netherlands - - - 19 Chapter V.—Tyrolese Furniture ----- 23 Chapter VI.—Some Fresh Figured Examples - - - 25 Chapter VII.—Secret Receptacles- and Treasure Chests - 28 Chapter VIII.—Furniture bearing Dates - - - - 34 Chapter IX.—Personal Experiences - - - - - 41 List of Plates --------- vi LIST OF PLATES PLATE Court Cupboard, dated 1610. Victoria and Albert Museum (/rontispiecf) .... I. Cupboard, temp. Henry VII., from , Salop (facing page 1) 11. Coffer of N. Fares, temp. Henry VU. (facing page 5) III. Northern French Coflfer, Fifteenth Century (facing page 13) IV. Normandy Stool, Fifteenth Century (facing page 19) - - V. Renaissance French Coffer (facing page 23) \I. Walnut


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