Chats on Old Furniture
Chapter 1 —The Renaissance on the Continent.

Portion of Carved Cornice, Italian, Sixteenth Century 33 Frame of Wood, with female terminal figures, Italian, Sixteenth Century 35 Front of Coffer, Italian, late Fifteenth Century 38 Bridal Chest, Gothic design, middle of Fifteenth Century 39 Front of Oak Chest, French, Fifteenth Century 44 Walnut Sideboard, French, middle of Sixteenth Century 45 Cabinet, French (Lyons), second half of Sixteenth Century 48 Ebony and Ivory Marquetry Cabinet, French, middle of Sixteenth Century 50 Spanish Cabinet and Stand, carved chestnut, first half of Sixteenth Century 51 Spanish Chest, carved walnut, Sixteenth Century 52

Chapter 2 —The English Renaissance.

Carved Oak Chest, English, Sixteenth Century 59 Bench of Oak, French, about 1500 60 Portion of Carved Walnut Virginal, Flemish, Sixteenth Century 61 Carved Oak Coffer, French, showing interlaced ribbon-work 61 Fireplace and Oak Panelling, "Old Palace," Bromley-by-Bow. Built in 1606 64 Elizabethan Bedstead, dated 1593 66 Panel of Carved Oak, English, early Sixteenth Century 68 Mirror, in oak frame, English, dated 1603 71 Court Cupboard, carved oak, English, dated 1603 73 " " carved oak, early Seventeenth Century 74 " " about 1580 75 Elizabethan Oak Table 78

Chapter 3 —Stuart or Jacobean. Seventeenth Century.

Gate-leg Table 81 Oak Chair, made from Sir Francis Drake's ship, the Golden Hind 83 Oak Table, dated 1616, bearing arms of Thomas Sutton 85 Chair used by James I. 87 Jacobean Chair, at Knole 89 Jacobean Stool, at Knole 90 Carved Walnut Door (upper half), French, showing ribbon-work 91 Oak Chair, with arms of first Earl of Strafford 93 Italian Chair, about 1620 94 High-back Oak Chair, Early Jacobean, formerly in possession of Charles I. 95 Jacobean Chairs, various types 97 Ebony Cabinet, formerly the property of Oliver Cromwell 99 Jacobean Carved Oak Chairs, Yorkshire and Derbyshire types 101 Jacobean Oak Cupboard, about 1620 101 Jacobean Oak Chairs 105 Carved Oak Cradle, time of Charles I., dated 1641 107

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