A. E. Reviers-Hopkins

INTRODUCTION In compiling the first four volumes of this series, covering the four great periods in the development of English Furniture, from Tudor to Georgian times, the writers have very naturally in turn held a brief for each period. In Volume I, whilst extolling the delights of old oak in...

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...