Footnote 14: All of the draperies of this niche, like the alcove curtains already described, were used in 1726 to cover a chair, a _lit de repos_ and four folding-seats as well as three _portières_ for the Queen’s apartment at St. Cyr. QUEEN ANNE PERIOD [Illustration] QUEEN ANNE PERIOD The Queen Anne period is interesting on account of the favour in which it has been held of late years, particularly by a class that knows nothing at all about it. Queen Anne furniture, Queen Anne silver, Queen Anne cottages have been in great demand, in England particularly. When, however, the student asks the Queen Anne devotee for a list of objects that may fitly be included in an interior of that style, he usually meets with a bewildering jumble. Charles II. oak-framed cane chairs jostle others with cabriole legs and jar-shaped splats made of mahogany; marquetry escritoires, spindle-legged walnut tables, Frisian clocks, brass fenders, steel fire-irons and four-posted bedsteads are all brought together to produce the proper contemporary flavour. The result is certainly unsatisfactory for the searcher after truth. Looking only at the manifest transitional features of the beginning and end of this short period, some scoffers have even gone so far as to deny that there is any Queen Anne style at all, but this is an extreme and unjustifiable view. The Queen Anne period, short as it was, possessed special characteristics.