Whether the chairs and tables were beautiful or not is a matter of taste, but they were well made and seasoned; so, like the herbaceous stuff, they were hardy.

The next generation decided that they were ugly.

New chairs and tables were bought, and the Chippendale "stuff" was sent up into the maids' bedrooms, and down to the men's.
It drifted into the farmhouses and cottages on the estate.

No doubt a good deal was destroyed.

The caprices of fashion are not confined to one class, and the lower classes are the more prodigal and destructive.