Early English Furniture and Woodwork | by Herbert Cescinsky, Ernest. R. Gribble

In the attempt to write a history of English furniture and woodwork showing its development in an orderly progression, one is confronted by an initial difficulty; where to begin. Of woodwork prior to the fourteenth century we know very little, and of furniture practically nothing. Even if isolated specimens, for illustration, were available, - which is not the case, - they would be useless for our present purpose. I have pointed out, in other books on the subject, that an account of the evolution of furniture types, - especially when an attempt is made to date examples, - must be a chronicle of the fashions which prevailed at various periods...

Title Early English Furniture & Woodwork Author Herbert Cescinsky, Ernest. R. Gribble Publisher George Routledge And Sons Limited Year 1922 Copyright 1922, George Routledge And Sons Limited Amazon Early English Furniture & Woodwork



