Transcriber's Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=. THE OLD FURNITURE BOOK [Illustration: HALL IN KING HOOPER HOUSE. _Danvers Mass._] THE OLD FURNITURE BOOK WITH A SKETCH OF PAST DAYS AND WAYS BY N. HUDSON MOORE AUTHOR OF "THE OLD CHINA BOOK" _With one hundred and twelve illustrations_ _Second Edition_ [Illustration] NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1903, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY _All Rights Reserved_ _Published in October, 1903_ "TO A LADY WHO SHALL BE NAMED LATER." ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece--Hall in "King Hooper" House, Danvers, Mass. CHAPTER I FIGURE 1. Old Oak Bedstead 2. Olive-Wood Chest 3. Old Oak Chest 4. Chest with One Drawer 5. Oak Chest on Frame (English) 6. Spanish Leather Chair 7. Turned Chair with Leather Cover 8. English Chair (1680) Italian Chair (Same Period) 9. Cane Chair, Flemish Style 10. Turned and Carved Arm-Chair CHAPTER II 11. Dutch Furniture, called "Queen Anne" 12. Carved Kas 13. Marquetry Chairs 14. Screen, Cradle, and Church Stool 15. Ebony Cabinet 16. Bed Chair 17. Marquetry Desk CHAPTER III 18. Kitchen, Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Mass. 19. Chippendale Chairs 20. Chippendale Chair 21. Carved Cedar Table 22. Chippendale Chairs 23. Chippendale Candle, Tea and Music Stands 24. Chippendale Card-Table 25. Chippendale Marble-Topped Table 26. Chippendale Chair-Backs and Mirror-Frame CHAPTER IV 27. Room in Whipple House, Ipswich, Mass. 28. Chippendale, Sheraton, and Hepplewhite Chairs 29. Adam Chairs 30. Hepplewhite Chairs 31. Hepplewhite Card-Table 32. Hepplewhite Settees 33. Sheraton Chairs 34. Sheraton Desk 35. Sideboard 36. Sofa, Sheraton Style 37. Sheraton Sideboard 38. Sheraton Sideboard 39. Empire Sofa 40. Empire Sofa 41. Pier-Table 42. Empire Sideboard 43. Empire Work-Table CHAPTER V 44. Kitchen at Deerfield, Mass. 45. William Penn's Table 46. Rush-Bottomed Chairs 47. Connecticut Chest 48. Mahogany Desk 49. Corner Cupboard 50. Banquet-Room, Independence Hall, Philadelphia 51. Windsor Chairs 52. Wall-Paper 53. Bed at Concord, Mass. 54. Bed at Mount Vernon 55. Bed at Somerville, N. J. 56. Carved Oak Bedstead CHAPTER VI 57. Room in Whipple House, Ipswich, Mass. 58. Carved and Gilded and Mahogany Mirror-Frames 59. Mahogany Desk and Chest of Drawers 60. Combined Bookcase and Desk 61. Field Bed 62. Low Four-Post Bed 63. French Bed 64. Highboy 65. Corner Cupboard 66. Inlaid and Lacquered Table and Chair 67. Lacquered Table 68. Mahogany Bureau 69. American-Made Chairs 70. American-Made Rosewood Card Table CHAPTER VII