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Examples of Old Furniture, English and Foreign. Drawn and described

by A. E. Chancellor. (Botsford. 25s.)—To the student of furniture this book will be of use, enabling him to identify styles and periods. The characteristics of different epochs are strongly marked. A fantastic element is seen in the eighteenth- century furniture, heavy solidity in the Stuart period, and sense of dignity and proportion in the Tudor. There is a distinct Italian influence in this latter style.