Those whose stock of trinkets did not boast one of these metal cases used the rind of an orange, the inside being carefully extracted, and a sponge with vinegar and spices being inserted in its place. Rose-balls made of leaves beaten to pulp, mixed with sweet spices, and rolled into a ball, soon became hard, resembling the rosaries made in the south of France. When held in the hand they became very fragrant from its warmth. Simpler than any of these was a rosy apple stuck full of cloves and giving out a fragrance years after the apple had lost all appearance or consistency of being a fruit, and awakening in the mind an image of her who made it in some quiet garden long ago. Like an antique spice-ball, all this old furniture that we have passed in review has an aroma of its own compounded by the hand that built it, the person that owned it, and the scenes that it has lived through.
Many a sober old chair could discourse of experiences ranging from grave to gay, from lively to severe, and every one of these antiques, whether a treasured heirloom or a reclaimed derelict, has a charm that is not easily excelled.
Adam Brothers, 49, 68, 73, 74, 75, 80, 85
Adam, Robert, 55, 73, 74, 75, 175, James 73, 74
Advertisements, 124, 125, 129, 137, 138, 144, 205, 214, 215, 228
Albany Historical Society, 29, 37, 105, 135, 145, 194
Ball-and-Claw, 53, 66, 70, 119, 123, 229, 230
Beds: 7, 38, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 126, 127, 133, 137, 138, 139, 169, 170, 223, 224 Canopy, 72 Chinese, 72 Dome, 72 Elizabethan, 8 English, 137 Field, 72, 137, 138 French, 137, 139 Flock, 27 Folding, 76 Gothic, 72 High four post, 72, 137 Low four post, 137, 139 Press, 81 Sofa, 72, 86 Summer, 86 Tent, 72
Boulle, André, Charles, 159, 160, 161, Sons 160
Bricks English, 96, 97 Dutch, 97 New England, 97, 121
Cabinet, 42 Makers, 137, 140, 141, 146, 147, 226, 227, 232
"Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer, and General Artists Encyclopedia, By T. Sheraton", 86, 88
Chairs, 22, 123, 134, 187, 229, 230 French, 48, 58 Hepplewhite, 77 Leather, 23 Russia Leather, 98 Rush bottom, 106 Sets of, 106 Spanish, 23, 229 Windsor, 88, 112, 113
Charles I, 15, 202, 203. II, 24, 25, 26, 154, 202, 203
Chinese designs, 48, 58 Furniture, 55, 56 Style, 43, 48, 56 Taste, 49, 55, 62