In the following pages the Author has placed before the reader an account of the changes in the
design of Decorative Furniture and Woodwork from the earliest period of which we have any
reliable or certain record until the present time. A careful selection of illustrations has
been made and the representations of the different interiors will convey an idea of the
character and disposition of the furniture of the periods to which they refer. Contains
chapters on Roman furniture the Renaissance Period and its variations throughout Europe Asian
furniture and many more. Originally released in 1892.
