Hinckley describes his scientific methods for determining the origin of Queen Anne and Georgian furniture. His findings have led him to reject the idea that there were metropolitan furniture centres outside London producing fine pieces of furniture.

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The period from 1790 to 1840 saw the production of some of the most inventive and decorative furniture ever made. This book is the standard work on the period.