For Americans who own a piece of old furniture and want to place it, Moore sets out the styles in turn: old oak and Turkey work, Dutch furniture, Chippendale, Adam, Sheraton and Empire, colonial and later American pieces, and French work. Between descriptions she quotes inventories and advertisements, like the colonial governor who left seventy chairs.
An early collector’s guide that doubles as a portrait of domestic life, for lovers of antiques. Download the free EPUB.