=Serpentine= or =Yoke front=. A term applied to drawer fronts sawed or carved in a double curve. =Settee.= A long seat with wooden arms and back, the latter sometimes upholstered. =Settle.= A seat, usually for two, made with high wooden arms and back, to stand in front of a fire. Often the back turned over upon pivots to form a table top. =Slat-back.= A chair back very commonly found, with plain horizontal pieces of wood across the back in varying numbers. =Spade foot.= A foot used by Hepplewhite and Sheraton, the tapering leg increasing suddenly about two inches from the end, and tapering again forming a foot the sides of which are somewhat spade-shaped. =Spandrels.= The triangular pieces formed by the outlines of the circular face of a clock and the square corners. =Spanish foot.= An angular, grooved foot with a scroll base turning inward. =Spindle.= A slender, round, turned piece of wood. =Splat.= The upright wide piece of wood in the middle of a chair-back. =Squab.= A hard cushion. =Stiles.= The vertical pieces of a panel, into which the upper and lower rails are set, with mortise and tenon. =Strainers= or =Stretchers=. The pieces of wood extending between the legs of chairs or tables to strengthen them, and in early times to rest the feet upon, to keep them from the cold floor. =Swell front.= A front curved in a slightly circular form. T =Tambour.= A term applied to a door or cover made from small strips of wood glued to a piece of cloth which is fastened so that it is flexible. =Tenon.= The form of a cut which fits into a mortise so as to make a firm joint. =Torchère.= A candle stand. V =Veneer.= A very thin piece of wood glued upon another heavier piece. =Vernis Martin.= A French varnish with a golden hue, named for its inventor. W =Wainscot chair.= An early chair, usually of oak, with the seat and back formed of solid panels. INDEX OF THE OWNERS OF FURNITURE A Albany Historical Society, Girandole, 395; forty-legged table, 247. Alexander Ladd House, Portsmouth. Chair, 161; double chair, 224. Allen House. Stairs, 427. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester. Desk, 127; double chair, 225; high chair, 156; looking-glass, 376; slate-top table, 245; tall clock, 354. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. Chair, 177. B Barrell, Mrs. Charles C., York Corners. Looking-glass, 380, 382. Baxter, James Phinney, Portland. Sideboard, 97; dressing-glass, 50. Bigelow, Francis H., Cambridge. Andirons, 319; candelabra, 345; cellaret, 111; chairs, 183, 185, 197, 206, 207; clock, 359; desk, 129, 151; lamps, 344; looking-glass, 41, 403, 406; secretary, 150; sconce, 340; settee, 228; sideboard, 104,105; sofa, 230; table, 251, 253, 269; time-piece, 368; washstand, 60. Bigelow, Mrs. H. H., Worcester. Looking-glass, 10.