\\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.