Excerpt from The Furniture Collector: An Introduction to the Study of English Styles of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Most collectors of old English furniture find that the periods to which the objects of their search belong are within the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Earlier examples than those dating from the reign of James I. are as a rule unattainable, and furniture of a later date than the end of the reign of George III. is not worth attention. The following pages, therefore, confine themselves to the consideration of the most easily recognisable styles evolved in Stuart and Georgian times. An attempt has been made in the various chapters to visualise the interior of the English home as it changed in character from one period to another, by giving from contemporary sources the different pieces of furniture in common use. It is hoped that this treatment will assist the collector to create in his own mind a background against which his possessions will take their appropriate places. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.