[MR] New Book on Period Chairs

[Garth Groff]

Noble friends,

Just received at the UVA Fine Arts Library: EARLY BRITISH CHAIRS AND 
SEATS, 1500 TO 1600 by Tobias Jellinek (ISBN 9781851495818, our call # 
NK2715 .J38 2009). You furniture fiends are going to love this book. It 
is a lavishly illustrated collection of period furniture, nearly all in 
color, and nearly all properly dated, in 327 pages. There are chairs of 
every sort, enclosed armchairs, folding Glastonbury chairs, upholstered 
armchairs, Irish chairs, stools, benches, chairs with built-in boxes, 
chairs that fold into tables, and the list goes on an on. Most of the 
chairs are photographed in very good detail against a white background, 
though others are tastefully arranged in replica period rooms with all 
the panels and accessories. Sorry, no plans. I was particularly drawn to 
the Glastonbury chairs, since they are very much like modern folding 
chairs, though certainly more ornate. As you might imagine, the actual 
dated pieces from the 16th century represent only a small part of the 
book, but many from later periods are little different. Of course the 
book has the usual scholarly references and index. If you make 
furniture, love furniture, or just love old domestic stuff, you will 
love this book.

Kind regards,


Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir's Unofficial Librarian
(aka Garth Groff, Cataloger, UVA Library System)