J. P. Blake

INTRODUCTION The name of Chippendale is so generally applied to mahogany furniture that it might seem, on a first inquiry, that he invented this rich and interesting wood, and also every style pertaining to it. Mahogany furniture, antique and otherwise, is so often airily described as...

INTRODUCTION These little books will probably not appeal to connoisseurs, nor will they interest advanced collectors. They are merely intended to offer suggestion and a certain amount of information to that large and increasing body of persons to whom old pieces of furniture are more interesting...

INTRODUCTION The sovereigns of England, unlike those of France, have seldom taken to themselves the task of acting as patrons of the fine arts. Therefore when we write of the " Queen Anne period " we do not refer to the influence of the undistinguished lady who for twelve years occupied the...