CHAIRS 154 CHAPTER VII SETTLES, SETTEES, AND SOFAS 213 CHAPTER VIII TABLES 242 CHAPTER IX MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 280 CHAPTER X FIRES AND LIGHTS 315 CHAPTER XI CLOCKS 348 CHAPTER XII LOOKING-GLASSES 374 CHAPTER XIII DOORWAYS, MANTELS, AND STAIRS 411 GLOSSARY 451 INDEX OF THE OWNERS OF FURNITURE 459 GENERAL INDEX 465 List of Illustrations Lacquered Desk with Cabinet Top _Frontispiece_ ILLUS. PAGE Looking-glass, 1810-1825 10 1. Oak Chest, about 1650 11 2. Olive-wood Chest, 1630-1650 13 3. Panelled Chest with One Drawer, about 1660 14 4. Oak Chest with Two Drawers, about 1675 15 5. Panelled Chest with Two Drawers, about 1675 16 6. Carved Chest with One Drawer, about 1700 17 7. Panelled Chest upon Frame, 1670-1700 18 8. Panelled Chest upon Frame, 1670-1700 18 9. Panelled Chest of Drawers, about 1680 19 10. Panelled Chest of Drawers, about 1680 20 11. Handles 21 12. Six-legged High Chest of Drawers, 1705-1715 22 13. Walnut Dressing-table, about 1700 23 14. Lacquered Dressing-table, about 1720 24 15. Cabriole-legged High Chest of Drawers with China Steps, about 1720 26 16. Lacquered High-boy, 1730 27 17. Inlaid Walnut High Chest of Drawers, 1733 28 18. Inlaid Walnut High Chest of Drawers, about 1760 29 19. “Low-boy” and “High-boy” of Walnut, about 1740 30 20. Walnut Double Chest, about 1760 32 21. Double Chest, 1760-1770 33 22. Block-front Dressing-table, about 1750 34 23. Dressing-table, about 1760 35 24. Chest of Drawers, 1740 36 25. High Chest of Drawers, about 1765 37