Acknowledgements 4
Abbreviations 4
Preface 5
CHAPTER ONE:
The London Furniture Trade
The organisation of the trade 10
Raw materials 32
The export trade 36
The influence of the Orient 42
CHAPTER TWO:
Case Furniture Construction
`Second-phase' cabinet work 54
Details of style cornices and mouldings 58
Transitionar second-phase cabinet work 65
Drawer-edge mouldings 72
Architectural pediments 80
`Third-phase' cabinet work 81
Wainscot and mahogany case furniture construction 84
Standardisation, conformity and innovation 90
CHAPTER THREE:
Other Case Furniture
Clothes chests 94
Chests of drawers 96
Chests with folding tops 105
Commodes 111
Chests on stands 112
Double chests of drawers 118
Bureaux-tables 120
Writing bureaux 125
Corner cupboards 126
Clothes presses 130
Bookcases 131
Cabinets 137
CHAPTER FOUR:
Seat Furniture
Late pillar-leg chairs 144
Indian' feet 148
The cabriole leg 150
The India' back 156
CHAPTER FOUR continued:
Banister backs and compass backs 160
Compass seats 171
The Houghton Hall suites 173
Chair design in the 1730s 177
Sofas and settees 187
Dressing chairs 188
`Kentian' seat furniture 189
The origins of the fan back chair 196
CHAPTER FIVE: Tables and Stands
The end of the 'triad' 200
Tables with gilt tops 210
Sideboard tables 216
Neo-Palladian tables 223
Eagle, sphinx and dolphin tables 228
Term stands 232
Dressing and other small tables 234
Tea tables 241
Dutch' tables 245
Pillar and claw tables 246
Dining tables 251
Folding card and tea tables 260
CHAPTER SIX: Mirrors
Looking glass production 266
Dressing glasses and 'union suites' 267
Chimney glasses 272
Sconces 277
Hanging glasses 284
Pier glasses 287
The 'tabernacle' frame 294
APPENDDC. I:
Cabinet Metalware 300
APPENDIX II:
Glossary of Woods mentioned in the text 308
Bibliography 316
Index 322
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