English vernacular furniture, 1750-1900
Gilbert, Christopher
English vernacular furniture, 1750-1900 - London Yale University Press 1991 - viii,294p.
Contents
Preface Introduction
1 Traditional Crafts and Native Timbers
2 Country Joiners
3 Provincial Price Books
4 Farmhouses and Cottages
5 Urban Working-Class Homes
6 Back-stairs Furniture
7 Alehouses, Inns and Taverns
8 Regional Chairmaking Traditions
9 Regional Beds
10 Straw and Wicker Furniture
11 Schools
12 Workhouses
13 Houses of Correction, Bridewells and Prisons
14 Lunatic Asylums and Hospitals
15 Almshouses
16 Meeting Houses and Chapels
17 Factories and Workshops
18 Offices and Shops
19 Railway Premises
20 Army Barracks and Campaign Furniture
21 Bothies, Chaumers and Mine Shops
22 Ships
23 Caravans, Narrowboats and Living-Vans
24 Children's Furniture
25 Cricket and Tennis
26 Ducking Stools
Appendix One Bibliography of Provincial Price Books
Appendix Two The Bolton Supplement to the
London Book of Cabinet Piece Prices (1802)
Appendix Three The Wycombe Chairmakers' List of Prices (1872)
Glossary
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
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English vernacular furniture, 1750-1900 - London Yale University Press 1991 - viii,294p.
Contents
Preface Introduction
1 Traditional Crafts and Native Timbers
2 Country Joiners
3 Provincial Price Books
4 Farmhouses and Cottages
5 Urban Working-Class Homes
6 Back-stairs Furniture
7 Alehouses, Inns and Taverns
8 Regional Chairmaking Traditions
9 Regional Beds
10 Straw and Wicker Furniture
11 Schools
12 Workhouses
13 Houses of Correction, Bridewells and Prisons
14 Lunatic Asylums and Hospitals
15 Almshouses
16 Meeting Houses and Chapels
17 Factories and Workshops
18 Offices and Shops
19 Railway Premises
20 Army Barracks and Campaign Furniture
21 Bothies, Chaumers and Mine Shops
22 Ships
23 Caravans, Narrowboats and Living-Vans
24 Children's Furniture
25 Cricket and Tennis
26 Ducking Stools
Appendix One Bibliography of Provincial Price Books
Appendix Two The Bolton Supplement to the
London Book of Cabinet Piece Prices (1802)
Appendix Three The Wycombe Chairmakers' List of Prices (1872)
Glossary
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
0300047622
749.22 / GIL