Regency Period Furniture Vol. 3

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REGENCY PERIOD FURNITURE, Volume Three . . . Furnishings & Other Items Relating to Gentlemanly Concerns contains over 150 photographs w/descriptions of items used by Regency-era gentlemen such as a 19th C. fishing reel, a Beau Brummell dressing table, leather wig stand, straddle chairs, drunkard’s chair, cock fighting chair, library armchairs and reading chairs, library tables and a rent table, silver spurs with an 1810 mark, a collection of hunt and game tables, a Wellington chest of drawers, library step chairs, circular book stands, trestle bookcase, kidney, horseshoe, kneehole desks, a British military officer's document box, officer's gun case, a midshipman's chest dated 1810, terrestrial globes, collection of snuff boxes, a rare gout stool, wine coolers, cellarettes, a wine canterbury, inkstands, a gentleman's corner washstand, cork screws and smoking and fireplace tools plus an illustrated Carriage Compendium and article on early carriage disasters. Also included is a Map of Regency London showing the locations of major Cabinet-Makers of the time and a Glossary of Furniture Terms. Author Marilyn Clay founded and published THE REGENCY PLUME NEWSLETTER for 16 years. She is also the author of over 20 published books, including historical novels set during the Regency period, and Colonial American period. Two of her non-fiction titles, 18th and 19th Century English Women At Sea and History of the Water Closet were named to Amazon's Top 100 Best Selling Ebooks and remained on those lists for many weeks.