ENGLISH FURNITURE BY JOHN GLOAG CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION ....
xiii I. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF DESIGN, II. THE HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND OF DESIGN, 1700-1934 . . . .17 III. FURNITURE DESIGN
UNDER THE WOOD WORKERS, 1500-1660 . . - 37 IV. FURNITURE DESIGN
UNDER FASHION, I 660-1730 6l V. FURNITURE DESIGN UNDER THE
ARCHITECTS, 1730-1830 . . . .88 VI. FURNITURE DESIGN UNDER THE
ROMANTIC MOVEMENT AND THE FURNITURE TRADE, 1830-1900 .... 129 VII.
FURNITURE DESIGN UNDER THE ANTIQUE DEALERS AND ARTIST-CRAFTSMEN, I
9OO 1920 ..... 139 VIII. THE NEW MATERIALS AND THEIR EFFECT ON
DESIGN ..... 154 IX. THE PATIENT ART OF BUYING FURNITURE. 1 68 X.
BOOKS ABOUT FURNITURE AND DESIGN . I 85 INDEX . . . . . 193 LIST OF
PLATES I. A BED OF ADAM TYPE IN KINGWOOD, A MAHOGANY CUPBOARD AND A
TRIPOD TABLE . Frontispiece Following last chapter at page 192 II.
A THIRTEENTH-CENTURY CHEST IN OAK III. TWO SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY
CHESTS IN OAK IV. A MID-SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MULE CHEST IN OAK V. AN
EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY COURT-CUP BOARD VI. TWO DOUBLE-LEAF
GATE-LEG TABLES VII. A CHARLES II ELBOW CHAIR AND A LATE
SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY TABLE VIII. A CHARLES II CHEST WITH OYSTER WOOD
VENEER IX. A LONG-CASE CLOCK IN FIGURED WALNUT A QUEEN ANNE TABLE
IN VIRGINIA WALNUT AND AN EARLY GEORGIAN MIRROR X. A MAHOGANY
CHEST, CIRCA 1740-50 XI. A MID-EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY WINDSOR CHAIR IN
YEW AND OAK, AND A LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY OAK SETTLE XII. A
MAHOGANY PRESS, CIRCA 1725-30, AND A WALNUT CHAIR, CIRCA 1740 XIII.
A MAHOGANY PRESS, CIRCA 1740 XIV. A MAHOGANY BUREAU-BOOKCASE, CIRCA
1740-50, AND A CHAIR, circa 1735-45 XV. A SERPENTINE-FRONTED CHEST
IN MAHOGANY, CIRCA 1740-50, AND A MAHOGANY FRAMED MIRROR xi ENGLISH
FURNITURE XVI. A MAHOGANYTALLBOY, AN EARLY GEORGIAN MIRROR AND A
CHIPPENDALE CHAIR XVII. AN ELLIPTICAL LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SIDE
BOARD AND A GILDED MIRROR XVIII. A LONG-CASE CLOCK IN MAHOGANY,
CIRCA l8lO, AND A CHAIR OF THE SAME PERIOD XIX, AN ENGLISH EMPIRE
BOOKCASE AND A MODERN MIRROR DESIGNED BY JOSEPH ARMITAGE XX. AN
EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY TABLE, PROBABLY DESIGNED BY THOMAS HOPE
XXI. AN OAK CORNER WRITING TABLE, DESIGNED BY SIR AMBROSE HEAL
XXII. A SIDEBOARD AND TABLE IN OAK DESIGNED BY GORDON RUSSELL
XXIII. DINING-ROOM FURNITURE DESIGNED BY WELLS COATES, AND BY R. W.
SYMONDS XXIV. MODERN FURNITURE OF METAL TUBING AND GLASS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The furniture illustrated on the following plates
is from the collection of Robert Atkinson, Esq., F. R. I. B. A. I,
II, VI lower illustration, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI,
XVIII, and XX. The furniture on Plate V and the upper part of Plate
VI is in the possession of Fleetwood Pritchard, Esq., and that
shown on Plate VII belongs to H. P, Shapland, Esq., A. R. I. B. A.
The settle on the lower part of Plate XI is the property of J.
Craven Pritchard, Esq. The furniture on the following plates is in
the authors possession III upper illustration, IV, and XIX.
INTRODUCTION is not a technical book. Nor is it an academic manual
for collecting antique furniture. Its chapters attempt to show how
English furniture design has since A. D. 1500 reflected the changes
in national taste, and how a tradition of comfort and comeliness
has been maintained, whether furniture has been made from oak or
mahogany or plated tubular steel and plywood. Good proportions are
more important than mere age a truth that has been forgotten since
the cult of antique furniture achieved itseasy popularity. This
book is concerned only with furniture of good proportion. Its
illustrations have been chosen to provide examples of good design
in the past and the present. Its first two chapters sketch the
historical background of design from 1 500 to 1934, and then,
chapter by chapter, it describes the evolution of different
furniture types, relating the changes that occur in design and
decoration in each period to that basic source of inspiration in
design architecture...
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