Abbot, General,25.house,78,109,153.Adam brothers,98,103,128,140,215.Adams, Abraham,95,138.family,95,138.John,88.the decorator,69.Albree, John,152.Alden, John,111.Allen, John Fiske,51.house,51,52.of Lowestoft,182.Amesbury, Mass.,37.Andirons,67-69.Andrews, John,21,101.house,13,21,84,85."Angel Gabriel" (ship),102.Appleton, John,163.Architects, English,8.Architecture, Dutch,2.Gothic,4.Architrave, decoration of,18.Argand, Mons.,168.Assembly house,18,24.Atkinson collection,200.Ausberg, Germany,212.Austria,197.Bagnall, Benjamin,147.Samuel,148.Barcelona, Spain,213.Barnard, Dr. Thomas,81.Bartol, Dr. Cyrus,81.Bavaria,196.Bay of Biscay,135.Bedrooms,122,125.Beds, accessories of,124.Adam,128.antique,120.bunk,126,127.carved,27.Chippendale,127,128.cupboard,122,126.Egyptian,121.Field,131.Flemish,121.folding,127.four-poster,123-131."Great Bed of Ware,"122,123.Greek,121.hangings,124.Hepplewhite,128,130.inlaid,128.mahogany,127.oak,122.paneled,127."Presse,"126,127.primeval,121.Queen Anne,126.Roman,121.Sheraton,128."slaw-back,"127."Wild Bill" or one-poster,126.Benson house,109.Bigelow collection,219.Billingsley, William,187.roses,187.Bishop, Bridget,26.Black Point, Maine,43.Blankets, home-made,124.Bloor, Robert,188.Bohemia,196,197.Boston, Mass.,5,43,71,74,147,148,149,217,219.Bottles,203,205-209.arched,206.bases of,205.calabash,206.canteen,207.circular,206.curio,209.decorated,207-209.designs on,206.flask,207.Jackson,208.Jenny Lind,207.Kossuth,207.liquor,208.Moses,209.oldest American,207.oval,206.rim of,206.Santa Claus,209.signs of age in,205.spherical,206.Taylor and Bragg,207.Venetian,209.Bow, England,183,186.Bradford, Governor, quoted,42.Bricks, Dutch,9.gray-faced,13,14.Briot, Francis,212.Bristol, R. I.,12,60,101,131.Brown Inn,173.Bumstead,6,80.Byfield, Mass.,95,126,138,173.Cabins, log,2.Cabot, Mr.,141.house,7,22,53.Joseph,7,22.Caliga collection,220.Cambridge, Mass.,37.Candelabra,167,169,170.Candle,231.bowl,232.cup,232.spoon,231.Candles,159,160-165.bayberry,164.dip,165.makers,166.making,163,164,165.molds,165.sperm,163.suet,161.tallow,161,165.wickless,161.Candlesticks,159,167.brass,167.iron,167.pewter,167.silver,167.tin,167.Cape Cod,42.Capen house,55.Carving, art of,18.Ceilings, low,3.raftered,66.Cellar, large,10.Chairs, arm,94,98.banister-back,94.brass mounted,101.carved,95,98,99,100.Chinese type,98,99.Chippendale,97,98.comb back,97.Dutch,95,98.early colonial,93.Empire type,101,102.fan back,97.forms,93.French types,98,100.heart-back,100.Hepplewhite,97,99,100.inlaid,100.japanned,100.Louis the Fifteenth type,98.Martha Washington,101painted,95,97,102.ribbon-back,98.rocking,94.rush seated,95.settles,93.Sheraton,97,100,101.shield-back,100.slat-back,94.stuffed easy,96.turned,93.Windsor,96,97.Chandeliers,169.Chelsea, England,183,186.Chests,105-110.drop handle,109.hand-carved,107.highboys,109,110.imported,106,107.legs of,108.linen,108.lowboys,109,110."magic,"107.mahogany,106.on frames,108."owld pine,"106,107.size of,106.use of,106.with drawers,107.Chimney pots,19.Chimneys, catted,2.central,7.China, Empire of,80,181,184,185,211,229.China,172,216.caddies,229.cream ware,191.Crown Derby,182,186-188.Delft,177-180,185.jasper,191.Lowestoft,175,181-185.luster,191.salt glaze,173,174.Staffordshire,173-176.toby jugs,175-177.Wedgwood,189-191.Chippendale (designer),92,97,98,99,112,114,127,128,136,140,146,236.Choate, Joseph,22."Christmas Carol,"22.Claudius, Emperor,145.Clocks, American,146,148,150,151,153-157.Bagnall,147.banjo,149."birdcage,"153.cases,151.Chippendale,146.construction of,149,150,152,154,155,156.Doolittle,148.first,145.grandfather's,151,153.hangings,150."lantern,"153.Makers' union,146.making in Salem,150.musical,148.of Europe,146.one-day,157.patent shelf,153,154.pillar scroll top case,155.Sheraton,146.striking,148.table,151.Terry,150,153."wag-at-the-wall,"153.wall and bracket,151,153.water,145.weaver's,152.wick,145.Willard,148,149.Coal, discovery of,75.first use of,74.Cogswell house,125.Collections, Atkinson,200.Bigelow,219.Caliga,220.Hosmer,147.Mansfield, Nathaniel B.,109.Metropolitan Museum,209.Middleton,11,131.Mitchell,199-200.Page,175,180.Rogers,191.Waters,93,102,108,202.West,189,202.Colonial products, superiority of,236,237.Columns, Corinthian,12.Grecian,17.plain,21,122.Common, Salem,21,25.Cook, Captain Samuel,77.Dr. Elisha,15.Cony, John,225.Counterpane, homespun,125.Craigie house,37.Crowell, Rev. Robert,125.Crown Derby,182."Bloor-Derby,"188.decline of,188.early output of,186.epoch par excellence,187.factory,186,187,188.Crowninshield house,38,71.Cupboards, colonial,1,72.shell-top,173.Cupola,9.Danvers, Mass.,5,10,19,44,46,49,60.Delft, Holland,178,179.Delft ware, best examples of,179.decline of Dutch,179,180.Dutch,177,178,179,180.English,178,180.first potteries,179.old,177.origin of,178.plates,180.tiles,180.Derby, Elias Hasket, farm,47,49,50.Elias Hersey,50.house,77,78.Desks, bookcase,112.bureau,111.Chippendale secretary,112.French Empire,113.Hepplewhite secretary,112."scrutoir,"110,111.Sheraton secretary,112.Devereux, Humphrey, house,52.Dexter, "Lord" Timothy, house,99.Dickens, Charles, quoted,39.Doolittle, Enos,148.Doorways, narrow,22,25.pineapple,27.Downing, Emanuel,4.George,4."Dr. Grimshawe's Secret,"24.Dressing tables,109.Duesbury, William and son,186,187,188.Duke of Baden,220.Duke of Devonshire's house,39.Dummer, Governor William,225.house,173.Jeremiah,225.Dunbarton, N. H.,8,130,151.Dunn, Cary,226,233.Dutch architecture,2.East India Company,185.ware,177,178,179,180.East Windsor, Conn.,150.Edinburgh, Scotland,212,216.Elector of Brandenburg,200.Elizabethan period,4.Embargo, the,11.Enderlein, Gasper,212.Endicott, Governor John,2,4,44,105.farm,44.house,10.