“The attitude towards collecting old furniture can differ from person to person, but, broadly speaking, there are two types of collectors: those for whom collecting is a passion and those who collect because it is fashionable to do so; they must, anyhow, furnish their homes. The first type is, of course, the true collector; he will replace a specimen by a better specimen, irrespective of its size or whether he has room for it; he is indefatigable in his pursuit of find quality examples and he never stops studying the subject. Percival Griffiths was such a collector.”

- Symonds, Robert W.

Furniture Making in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century England: An Outline for Collectors. 1955, p. 19.

Dr. William DeGregorio and I recently completed our two-volume work on the Percival D. Griffiths collection. It is published by Yale University Press and is available from their website, and also on ALibris.com, Abebooks.com and Amazon..

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300259889/english-furniture-1680-1760-english-needlework-1600-1740/

Shown below is a selection of pieces from the Griffiths collection, which will all be among more than 600 pieces featured in the two volumes.