71. Bedroom of Anne of Austria at Fontainebleau 72. Bed of Louis XIV at Versailles 73. Chairs of the Period of Louis XIV 74. Tapestry Furniture 75. Commodes of the Time of Louis XV 76. Garderobe Period of Louis XV 77. Bedroom of Marie Antoinette at the Little Trianon 78. Chairs and Table of Louis XVI Style 79. Encoignure, Period of Louis XVI 80. Bed of Josephine at Fontainebleau 81. Bed of Napoleon at Grand Trianon 82. Room at Fontainebleau with Historic Table 83. Empire Reading and Writing Desk CHAPTER VIII 84. Organ in St. Michael's Church, Charleston, S. C. 85. Spinet 86. Harpsichord 87. Cristofori Piano 88. Harp 89. Bass Viol 90. Glass Harmonica 91. Geib Piano 92. Nuns Piano 93. Upright Piano CHAPTER IX 94. Tall-Case Clocks, English 95. Three Centuries of Clocks.--Lantern, Portable, and Willard or Banjo Clocks 96. Tall-Case Clocks, English and American 97. Mantel Clocks CHAPTER X 98. Kitchen of Whipple House, Ipswich, Mass. 99. Handles, Escutcheons, etc. 100. Feet CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. OLD OAK, OLD LEATHER, TURKEY WORK, ETC. 1 II. DUTCH FURNITURE 28 III. CHIPPENDALE 48 IV. ADAM, SHERATON, EMPIRE 73 V. COLONIAL AND LATER PERIODS 95 VI. COLONIAL AND LATER PERIODS--_Continued_ 128 VII. FRENCH FURNITURE 148 VIII. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 173 IX. CLOCKS 197 X. HANDLES, FEET, STUFFS, ETC. 222 INDEX 237 THE OLD FURNITURE BOOK. CHAPTER I. OLD OAK, OLD LEATHER, TURKEY WORK, ETC. With the revival of interest in all "antiques," which is so widely spread at this time, any of us who chance to own an old piece of furniture feel an added degree of affection for it if we can give it an approximate date and assign it to a maker or a country. There is much good old furniture in the United States, chiefly of Spanish, Dutch and English make, though there are constant importations of other makes, notably French, since it is recognized on all sides that Americans are becoming the collectors of the world. Our public museums are gradually filling with works of art presented by broad-minded citizens, while the private galleries are rich and increasing every day. To keep pace with these possessions, furniture from old palaces and manor-houses is being hauled forth and set up again in our New World homes. Indeed, whole interiors have been removed from ancient dwellings, and the superb carvings of other days become the ornaments of modern houses, like the gilded oak panels from the Hotel Montmorency which were built into the Deacon House in Boston, or like Mrs. Gardiner's Venetian carved wood which decorates her palace in the Boston Fens.