INDEX.

Adam, Robert and John, [112]
Alexandria, ancient centre of civilisation, [17]
Anglo-saxon houses, [44]
Antioch, ancient centre of civilisation, [17]
Architectural style in furniture, [94]
Art, classic, ends in third century, [34]
- Byzantine, [35]
- mediæval, its growth, [41]
  - its perfection, [47]
- Romanesque, long continuance, [42]
- renaissance, [66]
- classic, revived in eighteenth century, [107]
  - early nineteenth century, [114]
Atrium, [18]
Attalus introduces tapestry, [17]
Bedrooms, English, fourteenth century, [50]
- French, eighteenth century, [104]
Beds, Byzantine period, [37]
- Norman, [46]
- Egyptian, Greek, &c., [116]
- Mediæval, [118], [119]
- at Hampton court, [120]
Bellows, renaissance, [72]
Bombé furniture, [104], [111]
Boucher, 108[108]
Boule, [95]
Bureaux in marquetry, [93], [104]
- or knee-hole, [128]
Byzantine period, [35]
- wealth, [38]
- artists welcomed by Charlemagne, [41]
Cabinet, French, sixteenth century, [89]
- Japan, [128]
Cafass, Egyptian wood, [4]
Candelabra, [23], [24]
Candles, Anglo-saxon, &c., [23], [48]
Carriage, Anglo-saxon, [45]
- fourteenth century, [54], [131]
- seventeenth century, [92]
- the Speaker's, [132]
- Lord Darnley's, [132]
Caskets, Byzantine, [37]
Ceilings in Roman houses, [21], [31]
Chair, Egyptian, [4], [121]
- Nineveh, [7]
- Greek, [10], [11], [14]
- Roman, [28], [122]
- of St. Peter, [35]
- Byzantine, [37]
- at Ravenna, [39], [122]
- in Bayeux tapestry, [45]
- coronation, [49]
- of Guidobaldo, [63]
- Italian, fifteenth century, [63]
- folding mediæval, [122]
- of silver, at Barcelona, [123]
- the Glastonbury, [123]
- Italian, seventeenth century, [124]
- marquetry, [124]
Chambers, Sir William, [106]
Chariots, Hebrew, [9]
- Greek, [15]
- Roman, [130]
- Byzantine, [37]
Chest, Greek, [11]
- Roman, [29]
- of king John, [47]
- fourteenth century, [51]
- for copes, [56]
- fifteenth century, [60]
Chest, Italian, [61]
- renaissance, [69], [71]
Chimneypieces, eighteenth century, [106]
Chippendale, [106]
Cipriani, [112]
Cluny hôtel, carriages there, [2]
Colbert, his patronage of art, [94]
Couches, Egyptian, [5]
- Roman, [13]
- mediæval, [120]
Coypel, Antoine, [104]
Cradle, mediæval, [121]
Cubicula, [20]
Cypress chests, [70], [127]
Dagobert's chair, [43]
David, [105]
Delafosse, [104], [108]
Dilettanti society, influence, [115]
Dining-room, Byzantine, [38]
Diptych of Anastasius, [36]
Distaff, [106]
Doorway, English, seventeenth century, [98]
"Droit de prisage," [54]
Ébénistes, fine cabinet makers, [108]
Ebony used seventeenth century, [108]
Egyptian furniture, [5]
Elizabethan style, [85]
Flemish furniture, seventeenth century, [87]
Fragonard, [108]
French style prevalent in eighteenth century, [103], [105]
Furniture, use of a collection, [1]
- Byzantine, still perhaps in mosques and treasuries, [40]
- sixteenth century, architectural, [75]
- eighteenth century, [103]
- bombé, explained, [104]
German artists in England, sixteenth century, [78]
- work, eighteenth century, 111[111]
Gillow, [113]
Glass windows in Roman houses, [20]
- mosaics, &c., [22]
- Venetian, [99]
Glue used by the Romans, [33]
Gouthière, [105], [110]
Greek manners, simple, [12]
- houses, [14]
Grinling Gibbons, [97]
- best examples of his work, [97]
Halls in Roman villas, [20]
Hebrew furniture, [8]
Heppelwhite, [113]
Hogarth, paintings of chimneypieces, [106]
Holbein, his influence, [78]
Holy-water stoup, [102]
House, Roman, [18]
- Greek, [14]
- how warmed in Rome, [29]
- Anglo-saxon and Norman, [44], [46]
- of timber, fifteenth century, [58]
Iconoclasts, destruction by, [40]
Italian coffer at South Kensington, [61]
- artists, sixteenth century, [68]
  - in France and England, [78], [89]
- carved woodwork, sixteenth century, [89]
- distaff, [106]
Japanese lac-work, [106]
Kauffmann (Angelica), [112]
Kaunitz, a kind of bureau, [128]
Kitchen utensils, Roman, [30]
Knife case, sixteenth century, [76]
Lac-work, Chinese and Japanese, [106]
Lalonde, [108]
Lares, [28]
Lebrun, first head of the "Gobelins," [95]
Le Pautre family, [104]
Litters, Roman, [31]
Lock (Matthias), [112]
Locks in Roman houses, [21]
Louvre, Egyptian boxes, [6]
Maggiolino, [111]
Mansard, [104]
Marquetry, Venetian, [62]
- seventeenth century, [92], [93]
- Boule, [95]
Meissonnier, [104], [108]
Metallurgy, British, [42]
Micque, [108]
Mirror, Greek, [13]
- renaissance, [69]
Mirror frames, sixteenth century, [71]
- Venetian, [91], [99]
- made in England, seventeenth century, [99], [100]
Mosaic, Roman, pavements and on walls,
- or pietra dura, [74]
Natoire, [108]
Nero, colossus in his house, [25]
Nineveh furniture, [6]
Nuptiale, [18]
Œci, [20]
Oppenord, [108]
Ostium, [18]
Paintings and pictures in Roman houses,
- in thirteenth century, of rooms, [48], [49]
Panelling for rooms, [49]
- oriental, [57]
- of a chest, [60]
- English, sixteenth century, [79], [80]
- French, sixteenth century, [84]
- English, [86]
Pedestal, [90]
Penates, [18]
Peristylium, [20]
Persian furniture, [8]
- marquetry, [63]
Picture-frames, renaissance, [71]
Pomeranian cabinet at Berlin, [92]
Pompeii, value of discoveries, [16]
Porcelain given to Queen Elizabeth, [130]
Pottery, time of Edward I., [49]
Pudens, ancient house of, [20]
Pugin, [114]
Queverdo, [108]
Religious houses, their woodwork, [63]
- safe generally from spoliation, [67]
Renaissance in Italy, [66]
- materials employed, [69]
- in England, France, &c., [78]
Restout, Jean, [104]
Riesener, [105], [108], [109]
Robert, [108]
Rococo furniture, [103]
Roentgen, [108], [109]
Roman habits, at first simple, [16]
- house, [18]
- couches in dining-rooms, [19], [27]
- locks and hinges, [21]
- tables, [25]
- chairs, [28]
- kitchen utensils, [30]
Roof of Westminster Hall, [55]
Room decorations, French, eighteenth century, [107]
Room of Marie Antoinette's time at South Kensington, [107]
Roundels, [129]
Salembier, [108]
Scamnum, [28]
Sculpture, architectural, &c., fourteenth century, [56]
- renaissance, [69]
Settle or seat, fourteenth century, [51]
Sheraton, Thomas, [113]
Sideboards, [128]
Silks for furniture, eighteenth century, [107]
Stuart style of woodwork and furniture, [85], [96]
Table, Egyptian, [124]
- Nineveh, [8]
- Roman, [25], [125]
  - veneered, [27]
  - great value, [27]
- Norman, [46]
- furniture of, fourteenth century, [50]
- fourteenth and fifteenth century, [53], [58], [125]
- sixteenth century, [71]
- of Francesco de' Medici, [75]
- French, sixteenth century, [80], [81]
- English, seventeenth century, [102]
- long kept at Flaxton Hall, [126]
Tapestry first brought to Rome, [17]
- in Roman houses, [30]
- in England, fourteenth century, &c., [50], [61]
- Gobelin, [95]
Tarsia, [62], [73], [74]
Temple of Diana, [33]
Theatre of C. Curio, [32]
Tigrinæ tables, [26]
Triclinium, [18],
Tripods, [22]
Tudor cabinet at South Kensington, [78]
- style, [85]
Vase from Hadrian's villa, [25]
Venetian mirror-frame, [91]
Vernis-Martin, [105]
Vestiaria, [20]
Walpole (Horace), opinion on mediæval art, [111]
Wardrobe, old English, [49]
- Roman, [126]
Wars of the Roses, evil consequences, [64]
Wood used in Nineveh, [8]
- Greece, [15]
- Rome, for tables, &c., [26], [32]
- by Riesener, [109]
Woodwork, English, in thirteenth century, [48]
- sixteenth century, [79]
- Germany, in sixteenth century, [83]
- Spanish, in sixteenth century, [84]
- Tudor and Stuart, [86]
Wren, Sir Christopher, [97]
Wyattville, [114]

THE END.

DALZIEL BROTHERS, CAMDEN PRESS, N.W.