Le Meuble en France au XVI Siècle. E. Bonnaffe. Paris. 1887. Worth 10s.
JAPANESE.—Lacquer Industry of Japan. Report of Her Majesty's Acting-Consul at Hakodate. J. J. Quin. Parliamentary Paper. 8vo. London. 1882.
SCOTTISH.—Scottish Woodwork of Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. J. W. Small. Waterston. 1878. £4 4s.
SPANISH.—Spanish and Portuguese. Catalogue of Special Loan Exhibition of Spanish and Portuguese Ornamental Art. 1881.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED
Armoire.—A large cupboard of French design of the dimensions of the modern wardrobe. In the days of Louis XIV. these pieces were made in magnificent style. The Jones Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum has several fine examples. (See illustration, p. [165].)
Baroque.—Used in connection with over ornate and incongruous decoration as in rococo style.
Bombé.—A term applied to pieces of furniture which swell out at the sides.
Boule.—A special form of marquetry of brass and tortoiseshell perfected by André Charles Boule in the reign of Louis XIV. (See [Chapter VI.], where specimens of this kind of work are illustrated.) The name has been corrupted into a trade term Buhl, to denote this style of marquetry. Boule or Première partie is a metal inlay, usually brass, applied to a tortoiseshell background. See also [Counter-boule].