Excerpt from Silver for the Dining Room Selected Periods<br><br>The author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness and to express his gratitude to Mr. W. C. Codman, for his great interest and valuable advice, as well as for his careful designing of the interiors illustrated; to Mr. William Codman, for his preparation of many Of the illustrations; to Mr. W. F. Kingman, for his execution of the interiors of the various dining rooms; to Mr. W. S. Stone and to others who have assisted with advice and drawings.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.