Interpreting decorative arts objects -- Looking at objects -- Understanding style -- Furniture in the seventeenth-century or mannerist style -- Furniture in the seventeenth-century or mannerist style -- Furniture in the William and Mary or early baroque style -- Furniture in the Queen Anne or late baroque style -- Furniture in the chippendale or rococo style -- Furniture in the federal or early classical-revival style -- Furniture in the empire or late classical-revival style -- Windsor furniture -- Clocks -- Ceramics -- Glassware -- Silver objects -- Pewter objects -- Iron, copper, and copper-alloy objects -- Paintings and pictures -- Prints -- Textiles -- Needlework -- Floor coverings