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Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture by Arthur Hayden (Paperback / softback, 2012)

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1912. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII THE EVOLUTION OF THE CHAIR Early days--The typical Jacobean oak chair--The evolution of the stretcher--The chair-back and its development--Transition between Jacobean and William and Mary forms--Farmhouse styles contemporary with the cane-back chair--The Queen Anne splat--Country Chippendale, Hepplewhite, and Sheraton--The grandfather chair--Ladder-back types--The spindle-back chair--Corner chairs. In order to deal exhaustively with the evolution of the chair from its earliest forms to the latest developments in sumptuous upholstery, it would be necessary to make an extended survey of furniture, dating back to early classic days. To enumerate the manifold varieties belonging to various countries and to trace the gradual progress in form, which kept pace with the advance in civilisation, would be of sufficient interest to occupy a whole volume. Man, as a sitting or lounging animal, has grown to require more elaborate forms of chair, or settee, or sofa, and the modern tendency has been towards comfort and luxury. In regard to English furniture the intense contrast between the days of Elizabeth and those of Victoria is at once ticeable. According to Lord Macaulay in his comparison between the manners of his day and those of the past, the furniture of a middle-class dwelling-house of the nineteenth century was equal to that of a rich merchant in the time of Elizabeth. In general this may be true, though t as regards the spacious structure and the massive grandeur of the Tudor house. In many details the differences are most teworthy. The wide gulf dividing the modern world from the days of the Armada may be realised by reflecting on such an astounding fact that Queen Elizabeth possessed at one time the only pair of silk stockings in her realm, which...

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Publisher
General Books
ISBN-10
115145334x
ISBN-13
9781151453341
eBay Product ID (ePID)
185209239

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Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Author
Arthur Hayden

Dimensions

Height
246mm
Width
189mm
Weight
95g

Additional Product Features

Spine
2mm
Out-Of-Print Date
10/11/2016
Date of Publication
01/01/2012
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Country of Publication
United States

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