Discover a rare window into a classic private collection of American, English, and French furniture and decorative arts.
This catalog presents the furnishings from Mrs. Williams’s New Hampshire home, including rooms with a Louis XIII influence and a broad range of period pieces, glass, chintz, hooked rugs, and other rarities. The sections showcase a careful blend of furniture, lighting, porcelain, and textiles gathered from historic sources across the United States and Europe, offering a tangible sense of historical taste and collecting practice.
This edition guides you through the breadth of the collection, from early oak and walnut pieces to fine mahogany and maple, along with charming textiles, quilts, and domestic items. You’ll find detailed descriptions of items in a historic house setting, with notes on style, period, and provenance that appeal to serious collectors and curious readers alike.
- Learn about the scope of a wide-era collection, including seventeenth and eighteenth-century furniture, hooked rugs, and historic glass and china.
- See examples of lighting fixtures, lamps, and metal work that illuminate life in past centuries.
- Explore textiles, chintzes, needlework, and quilts that reveal regional crafts and domestic aesthetics.
- Get a sense of how a private house contents can translate to a professional catalog and sale.
Ideal for readers of detailed antique catalogs and anyone imagining how a historic home might be furnished today.