PIECE OF SPANISH CHESTNUT SHOWING RAVAGES OF WORMS.
INDEX
A
- Adam, the brothers, and their style, [209], [241]-[256]
- Adam armchair (illustrated), [243]
- Admiralty, screen and gateway, designed by Robert Adam, [242]
- Anne, Queen, furniture of, prices realised at auction, [153]
- —— insularity of furniture in reign of, [136]
- —— well-constructed furniture of period of, [145]
- Apsley House, collection of furniture at, [209]
- Armoire, see [Glossary], [23]
- Ascham, quotation from, [68]
- Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, chair at, [115]
B
- Baroque, see [Glossary], [23]
- Barrow, Sam, name of maker, on Queen Anne clock, [148]
- Battersea enamel, its use on furniture, [252]
- Bérain, Jean, [162]
- Blenheim, chair from, [222]
- Bodleian Library, Oxford, illustration of chair at, [82]
- Bombé, see [Glossary], [23]
- Bookcase by Chippendale, [225], [231]
- Boucher, [182], [195]
- Boule, André Charles, and his marquetry, [160]-[162]
- —— cabinet (illustrated), [165]
- —— see [Glossary], [23]
- —— and counter-boule (illustrated), showing difference between, [163]
- Bridal chest (German), [43]
- Bromley-by-Bow, "Old Palace," oak panelling from, [65]
- Brown and Bool, Messrs., specimens from collection of, [141], [150]
- Buhl work, [160]
- Bureau, see [Glossary], [24]
- Burr-walnut panels, [139]
- Butter-cupboard, [104]
C
- Cabinet, ebony, formerly property of Oliver Cromwell, [99]
- Cabriole, see [Glossary], [24]
- Cabriole-leg, introduction of into England, [127]
- Caffieri, [177], [191]
- Cambridge, King's College Chapel, woodwork of, [63]
- Cane seats and backs of chairs, adoption of, [117]
- —— work in chairs, later development of, [122]
- Carolean, see [Glossary], [25]
- Carving supplanted by cane-work panels, [117]
- Caryatides, see [Glossary], [24]
- Cassette, (strong box) of period of Louis XIV., [158]
- Cassone, see [Glossary], [24]
- —— (marriage coffer), the Italian, [42]
- Catherine of Braganza, fashions introduced by, [114]
- Cecil, Lord Burleigh, quotation from, [66]
- Chair, Charles I., [93], [95]
- —— Chippendale, [223], [224], [226], [227], [232], [233]
- —— "Cromwellian," 96
- —— high-backed, Portuguese, [114]
- —— Italian (1620), [94]
- —— Jacobean, made from timber of Drake's Golden Hind, [83]
- —— James I., [87], [89]
- —— James II., [123]
- —— Louis XIII. period, [159]
- —— ribbon-back, [222], [223]
- —— Oliver Goldsmith's, [215]
- —— with arms of first Earl of Strafford, [93]
- Chairs, test as to age of, [100]
- —— types of Jacobean (illustrated), [97], [100], [105], [120], [121], [122], [123], [124]
- —— types of Queen Anne period (illustrated), [143]
- —— upholstered, adopted in late Elizabethan days, [75]
- Chambers, Sir William, [216]
- Chardin, picture by, showing ladder-back chair, [245]
- Charles I. furniture, prices realised at auction, [106]
- —— II. furniture, prices realised at auction, [129]
- —— II., repartee of, [114]
- Charterhouse, specimen at, illustration of, [227]
- Chatsworth, work of Grinling Gibbons at, [121]
- Chests of drawers, Jacobean, [117]
- China collecting, influence of, on furniture, [127]
- Chinese and Japanese cabinets, [148]
- "Chinese" Chippendale, [213], [221]
- Chippendale, Thomas, and his style, [213]-[238]; his Director, [215]
- —— bureau-bookcase, [225], [231]
- —— furniture, tricks concerning, [272]; prices of, [227], [236]
- Cipriani, [249]
- Classic models paramount, [205]
- Claw-and-ball feet adopted by Chippendale, [216]
- —— feet (prior to Chippendale), [146]
- —— foot, introduction of, [127]
- Clock, "Grandfather," introduction of, [127]
- Clocks, "Grandfather," [147]
- Colbert, the guiding spirit of art under Louis XIV., [159]
- Collectors, hints to, [259]-[274]
- Commode, see [Glossary], [24]
- Commodes (illustrated), Cressent, [171]; Louis XIV., [173]; Caffieri, [175]; Riesener, [197]
- Contre partie, see [Glossary], [24]
- Copeland, designs of, [247]
- Copies of old furniture, [259], [263]
- —— of fine French pieces, [185], [197]
- Cottage furniture (Chippendale style), [232]
- Counter-boule, see [Glossary], [24]
- ——-boule, [161]
- Court cupboard, [70]
- Cowley, quotation from, [85]
- Cradle, with initials and date, [96]
- Cressent, Charles, [177], [178]
- Crispin de Passe, chair designed by, [159]
- Cromwellian chair, [96]
- Cromwell's ebony cabinet, [96]
- Cushions for chairs when adopted, [75]