Introduction: The Englishman’s Chair
1. Posture and Design
2. Origins in the Ancient World and the Early Middle Ages, 3400BC-AD 1300
3. The New English Style, 1300-1550
4. The Taste of the New Rich, 1550-1630
5. Puritan Interlude, 1630-1660
6. The Restoration of Luxury, 1660-1690
7. Curvilinear Design and the End of Rigidity, 1690-1730
8. The Great Chair-Makers, 1730-1810
9. Survival of the Native English Style, 1660-1900
10. A Short History of the Rocking Chair, 1750-1900
11. Design for Comfort, 1830-1900
12. Craft Revivalist and Industrial Designers. Appendix:
1. A Short List of English Designers and Makers
2. The Gilding of Chairs
3. Painting Furniture
4. Decoration of Chairs.