French and English furniture / distinctive styles and periods described and illustrated

by Esther Singleton

INDEX

• A
• Adam, James, [289], [292]
• ——, Robert, [289], [292]
• ——, James and Robert, apartments planned by, [299]–303
• ——, colours used by, [294]
• ——, decorations at Osterley Park, [304]–305
• ——, decorations at Sion House, [301]–303
• ——, dislike of Gothic, [294]
• ——, furniture at Sion House, [297]
• ——, opinion of British architects, [294]–296
• ——, ornaments of the, [298]
• ——, social position of, [291], [292]
• ——, taste of, [294]–296
• Adam style, the, [289], [291], [293]–294
• ——, designers in the, [289]–290
• Adam, William, [292]
• Addison, quotations from, [116]–117
• Æsop’s Fables, [205], [225], [244], [245]
• Ahasuerus, beds of King, [67]
• Alcove, the, [90]–91, [154], [353]–354
• —— bed, the, [154], [198]–199
• Amaranth, [63], [68]
• Analysis of Beauty, quotation from, [247]–248
• Ancient furniture, [67]
• Angola, quotations from, [166]–167
• Ante-chamber, first, [168]–169
• ——, second, [169]
• Ante-room (Sheraton), [338]
• Anthemion, definition of, [73]
• Apartment, definition of, [168]
• —— (Louis XV.) 168–169
• —— (Adams), [299]–303
• Architects in decorative art, [4]
• Architecture, changes in domestic, [114]–116
• —— (Early Georgian), [137]–138
• ——, taste for classic, [135], [138]
• Arm-chair. See Fauteuil.
• Arm-chairs (Louis XV.), [204]–205, [208]
• —— (Louis XVI.), [276], [277]–278
• Armoire (Boulle), [75]–76
• —— (Louis XIII.), [9]–10, [17]
• —— (Louis XIV.), [87]
• —— (Louis XV.), [203]
• Arrangement of rooms, (Sheraton), [335]
• Arras, [42]
• Artist decorators (Louis XIII.), [4]–5
• Assyrian furniture, [66]
• Aubert, [164]
• Aubusson tapestry, [205], [277]
• Aumale, apartments of Mlle. d’, [96]–97
• Auricular style, [5]
• Aurora, [68]
• Avril, [267]
• B
• Babel, [164]
• Babin 164
• Bachelier, [164], [257]
• Baillon, J. B., [215]
• Ballin, Claude, [66]
• Banc à lit, [80]
• Banquette (Empire), [378]
• Banquettes, (Louis XV.), [204]
• Barjier Chairs, [316]
• Bason-stands, (Chippendale), [241]
• Bathroom, (Louis XV.), [183]–184
• Bazanne, [280]
• Beaufait, [130]–131
• Beauvais, [257], [263], [277]
• Bed, alcove, [154], [198]–199
• ——, Mlle. d’Aumale’s, [78]
• ——, à bateau, [375]
• ——, camp, [355]
• ——, Chinese, [228]–229
• ——, couch, [230]–231
• ——, Cromwell’s, [55]
• ——, duchess, [355]
• ——, field, [154], [229], [318]–319, [355]
• ——, French, [352]
• ——, Gothic, [228]
• ——, Hogarth, [152]
• ——, Lafayette’s, [376]
• —— (Louis XIII.), [19]
• ——, Madame de Maintenon’s, [78]
• ——, Marie Leczinska’s, [196]
• ——, by Marot, [120]–121
• ——, Mazarin’s, [77]–78
• ——, Mme. de Pompadour’s, [187]–188
• ——, press, [319]
• ——, (Queen Anne), [120]–121
• ——, rhymes about the, [56]
• ——, by Schübler, [199]
• ——, shell-shaped, [376]
• ——, sofa, [355]–356
• ——, tent, [229]
• ——, truckle, [56]
• ——, Tudor, [55]–56
• ——, of Ware, Great, [55]
• ——, see Lit
• ——, curtains (Jacobean), [57]–58
• Bedroom, description by Shakespeare, [53]–54
• —— (Early Georgian), [154], [155]
• —— (Empire), [373]
• ——, furniture (Jacobean), [58]
• —— (Jacobean), [54]–55
• ——, Mme. de Pompadour’s, [186]–189
• ——, spangled, [55]
• Bedrooms (Louis XV.), [170]–171, [183], [185]–186
• Beds (Chippendale), [227]–231
• —— (Directoire), [368], [375]
• —— (Early Georgian), [153]–154
• —— (Empire), [375]–376
• —— (Heppelwhite), [317]–319
• —— (Jacobean), [56]–57
• —— (Louis XIII.), [19]–29
• —— (Louis XIV.), [76]–80
• —— (Louis XV.), [185]–186, [189]–190, [193]–194, [196]–200
• —— (Louis XVI.), [267]–270
• ——, patriotic, [368]
• —— (Sheraton), [351]–356
• ——, sofa, [267]
• Bellicart, [257]
• Beneman, [262], [267]
• Bérain, Jean, [66], [68], [73], [84]
• Bergère (Empire), [378]
• ——, fauteuil (Louis XVI.), [278]
• ——, en gondole, [378]
• —— (Louis XV.), [208]
• —— (Louis XVI.), [279]
• —— (Sheraton), [362]
• Bernard, [166]
• Berquin, [252]
• Bertren, [257], [263]
• Biennais, [370]
• Billiard room, [176]
• Bimont, quotation from, [196]
• Blanchard, [165]
• Blenheim, Pope’s satire on, [138]
• Blondel, [164]
• ——, quotation from, [174]–177
• Boffrand, Germain, [164], [178]
• Bombé form, [74]
• Bonheur du jour, [214]
• Bonnes grâces, [20], [89]–90
• Bookcase (Chippendale), [241]–242
• —— (Heppelwhite), [325]–326
• —— (Louis XV.), [213]
• Book of Designs in Cabinet and Chair-Work, [224]
• Bosse, Abraham, [4], [7], [9], [19], [60]
• Bouchardon, [164]
• Boucher, [164]
• Boucher, J. F., fils, [257], [261]
• Boudin, [166]
• Boudoir, [177]–178
• —— (Louis XV.), [180]–181, [184]–185
• Boulanger, [257]
• Boulle, André Charles, [66], [74]
• ——, clocks, [88]
• ——, furniture, [74]–76
• Bourgogne, Duc de, clock of, [215]
• Boyle, Richard, [135]
• Brackets (Chippendale), [244]
• —— (Sheraton), [360]–361
• Braids (Empire), [379]
• —— (Louis XV.), [201], [205]
• —— (Louis XVI.), [277]
• Brass mounts (Chippendale), [227]
• Bridgman, [136]
• Brisseux, [164]
• Breakfast-room, [338]–339
• British architects, Adam on, [294]–296
• Bufet, [130]–131
• Buffet (Queen Anne), [130]–131
• —— (Louis XV.), [169]–170
• —— (Sheraton on), [350]
• ——, credence, [10]
• Buontalenti, Bernardo, [17]
• Bureau (Jacobean), [59]
• ——, Mme. de Gaudry’s, [85]
• ——, Mme. de Maintenon’s, [85]
• ——, Duchess of Orleans’s, [85]
• ——, Duke of Orleans’s, [85]
• ——, cylinder, [212]
• ——, à la Kaunitz, [212]
• ——, Louis XV.’s, [212]–213
• ——, table (Louis XV.), [212]
• Bureau. See Desk
• Bureaux (Louis XVI.), [275]
• Burjair, [208]
• Burlington, Earl of, [135], [137]
• Burlington House, Piccadilly, [137]
• Buroe dressing-tables (Chippendale), [239]
• C
• Cabinet, [10], [172]
• —— (Jacobean), [49]–50
• —— (Louis XIV.), [87]–88
• —— (Louis XV.), [182]
• —— (Queen Anne), [128]
• ——, en niche, [175]
• ——, à la Poudre, [202]
• Cabinet des Modes, furniture in, [284]–285
• Cabinet Dictionary, The, [331]
• Cabinet-maker’s Real Friend and Companion, The, [224]
• Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, The, [331]
• Cabinet-maker, Upholsterer and General Artists’ Encyclopædia, [331]
• Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer’s Guide, The, [309]–310
• Cabinet-makers, Arms of English, [120]
• Cabinet-makers (Louis XV.), [165]–166
• Cabinet-makers (Louis XVI.), [267]
• Cabinet-making, books on, [223]–224
• Cabinets, [12]–17
• —— (Louis XIV.), [87]–88
• —— (Louis XIII.), [12]
• —— (Queen Anne), [128]
• ——, à portes, [15]
• Cabriole chair, [314]
• Cabriolet, the, [204]
• —— (Louis XV.), [205]
• —— (Louis XVI.), [276]
• Caffieri, Jacques, [165]
• ——, bras de lumière by, [194]–195
• ——, commodes by, [202]
• Calembour wood, [127]
• Callimanco, [58]
• Camaïeux, [204]
• Camlet, [154]
• Campbell, [295], [296]
• Canapé confident, [209]
• —— (Louis XIV.), [81]–82
• —— (Louis XVI.), [278]–279
• —— (Meissonier), [209]
• ——, Pommier, [378]
• Canapé. See sofa
• Candelabra (Louis XIII.), [34]
• Candlestands (Chippendale), [245]
• —— (Heppelwhite), [322]
• Candlesticks (Jacobean), [45]
• —— (Louis XV.), [212]
• —— (Sheraton), [360]
• Cane, [334]
• Caning, Sheraton on, [362]
• Canterbury, the, [351]–352
• Cantonnière, [89]
• Canuc, [165]
• Carlin, [267]
• Carpet (Sheraton), [338]
• ——, bedside, [58]
• ——, foot, [44]
• ——, table, [52]
• Carter, J., [290]
• Cartouche (Louis XIII.), [8]
• Carving, [38], [39]
• Case-of-drawers, [49], [59], [154]
• ——, double, [154]
• Causerie, [270]
• Cauvet, [257], [262], [263]
• Cavendish, quotation from, [46]
• Caylus, [164]
• Ceiling (Sheraton), [335]–336
• Ceilings, Ware on, [139], [140], [141]
• Celadon, [253]
• Celleret (Heppelwhite), [322]
• —— (Sheraton), [349]
• Chair, cabriole, [314]
• ——, conversation, [363]
• —— “Cromwell,” 29, [60]
• ——, crown-back, [153]
• ——, curricle, [362]–363
• ——, double, [62]
• ——, Herculaneum, [363]
• ——, Hogarth, [152]
• ——, hunting, [361]
• ——, low leather, [29]
• ——, saddle check, [314]
• ——, Trafalgar, [380]
• ——, tub easy, [361]–362
• ——, Voyeuse, [32], [278], [363]
• —— (Chippendale), [232]–237
• Chairs (Chinese Chippendale), [235]–236
• ——, dining-room (Louis XVI.), [278]
• —— (Directoire), [379]–380
• ——, drawing-room (Sheraton), [343]
• —— (Empire), [379]–380
• —— (French Chippendale), [233], [234]
• ——, Garden, [234]–235
• ——, gondola (Louis XV.), [207]
• —— (Gothic Chippendale), [135]
• ——, hall (Chippendale), [234]
• —— (Heppelwhite), [312]–315
• —— (Jacobean), [60]–62
• ——, japanned, [314]
• —— (Louis XIII.), [29]–32
• —— (Louis XIV.), [81]–84
• —— (Louis XV.), [204]–209
• —— (Louis XVI.), [275]–276
• —— (Marot), [119]
• —— (Meissonier), [209]
• ——, painted, [314]
• —— (Queen Anne), [118]–120
• ——, rout, [361]
• —— (Sheraton,) 343–344, [361]–363
• ——, at Versailles (Louis XV.), [205]–207
• Chaise longue, [32], [81], [279], [380]
• —— (Chippendale), [232]
• —— (Empire), [378]
• —— (Jacobean), [53]
• —— (Louis XV.), [209]
• —— (Sheraton), [356]
• Chaises cacquetoires, [29], [31]–32
• ——, comfortables (Louis XV.), [208]
• ——, meublantes, [29]
• ——, perroquets, [29]
• Challe, Simon, [257], [263]
• Chamber, The, [170]
• ——, The Great, [41]
• Chambers, Sir William, [149]
• Chambers, Sir William, quotation from, [148]
• Chambre en alcove, [173]–174
• ——, en niche, [173], [176]
• ——, de parade, [171]
• Chandeliers (Chippendale), [245]
• —— (Louis XIII.), [34]
• Chardin, [161]
• Charpentier, [285]
• Charton, [257], [263]
• Chedel, [164]
• Cherub, [11]
• Chest (Jacobean), [59]
• ——, trussing, [58]
• Chests-of-drawers, [59], [325]
• Chests-of-drawers (Heppelwhite), [325]
• —— (Queen Anne), [128]–129
• Chest-upon-chest, [154]
• Chest-with-drawers, [59]
• Chevillon, [164]
• Chesterfield, Lord, quotation from, [137]
• Chiffonnière, [372], [377]
• ——, secrétaire, [266]
• Chimney-back (Jacobean), [44]
• Chimney-glass (Sheraton), [337]–338
• Chimney-piece (Carter’s), [290]–291
• —— (Chippendale), [245]–246
• —— (Jacobean), [44]
• —— (Louis XIII.), [9]–10
• —— (Louis XIII.-Louis XIV.), [67]–68
• —— (Queen Anne), [116]
• ——, Ware on, [146]–147
• China as a decoration, [116]–117
• China cases (Chippendale), [237]–239
• Chinamania, The, [116]–117, [237]
• China-shops in England, [113]
• Chinese designs (Chippendale), [228], [229], [231], [235]–236, [237]–239, [242]
• Chinese fad, The, [148]
• Chinese furore, [135]
• Chinese style, craze in England for, [138]
• Chinese subjects, [141]
• Chinese subjects, designers of, [142]
• Chinese art, taste for, [73], [114], [166]–167, [221]
• Chinoiserie, [73], [161]
• Chintz, [43], [154]
• Chippendale, Thomas, [135], [142], [149]
• ——, carver and decorator, [225]
• ——, Chinese designs, [228], [229], [231], [235]–236, [237]–239, [242]
• ——, fondness for japanned furniture, [225]
• ——, fondness for Louis XV. style, [226]–227
• ——, furniture, [222]
• ——, Gothic designs, [228], [235], [241]–243
• ——, little known about, [223]
• ——, ornaments, [227], [229]–230, [237], [247]
• ——, style erroneously understood, [221]
• ——, taste of, [225]
• ——, theft from Meissonier, [226]–227
• ——, use of brass mounts, [227]
• ——, use of mahogany, [225]
• Choffart, [257]
• Cipriani, [292], [305]
• Cisterns, [246]
• City and Country Builder’s and Workman’s Treasury of Designs, The, [142]
• Classic architecture, love of, [135], [138]
• Claw-and-ball foot, [118]
• Clock, Regency, [214]
• ——, tall, [154]
• Clocks (Chippendale), [246]
• —— (Empire), [372]–373
• —— (Louis XIV.), [88]
• —— (Louis XV.), [214]–217
• —— (Marot), [120]
• —— (Queen Anne), [119]–120
• —— (Sheraton), [361]
• ——, at Versailles, [215]–217
• Cochin, [164]
• ——, quotation from, [162]
• ——, reply to, [163]
• Colbert, [66], [69]
• Colbert, industrial system of, [69]
• Colours (Directoire), [369]
• —— (Louis XIV.), [68], [70]
• —— (Louis XV.), [200]
• —— (Sheraton), on, [335]
• Columbani, Pietro, [290]
• Comfort, increase in, [7]
• Commode, [84]–85
• —— (Empire), [377]
• —— (Louis XVI.), [271]–272
• —— (Sheraton), [344]
• —— (Boulle), [74]
• —— (Chippendale), [239]–240
• —— (Cressent), [201]–202
• —— (Heppelwhite), [325]
• —— (Louis XV.), [188], [190], [201]–203
• Confidante (Heppelwhite), [316]
• Console, [33]
• —— (Empire), [377]
• —— (Louis XIV.), [87]
• —— (Louis XVI.), [272]–273
• ——, for porcelain (Louis XV.), [211]
• ——, tables (Louis XV.), [212]
• Conversation chairs, [363]
• Corneille, quotation from, [6]
• Cornices (Chippendale), [229]–230
• —— (Heppelwhite), [318], [319]–320
• —— (Louis XVI.), [271]
• —— (Sheraton), [336]
• Cornucopias, [8]–9
• Couch (Jacobean), [53]
• —— (Marot), [120]
• —— and Squab, [53]
• Counterpane, [20]
• Courtepointe, [20]
• Courture, l’ainé, [263]
• Couverture de parade, [20]
• Credence, [10]
• Credenza, [130]
• Cremer, [166]
• Crepy, [164]
• Crespine, [18]
• Cressent, Charles, [160], [161]
• Cressent, commodes by, [201]–202
• Cromwell Chair, [60]
• Cromwell, Oliver, [55], [113]
• Crunden, John, [290]
• Cupboard, “bread and cheese,” 45
• ——, court, [45]–47, [48]–49
• ——, livery, [45]–48
• ——, press, [59]
• Curricle, [362]–363
• Curtains, [20]–21, [57]
• —— (Directoire), [374]
• —— (Empire), [374]–375
• —— (Louis XIII.), [19], [20]
• —— (Sheraton), [336]
• Curve (Louis XIV.), [71]
• Curve, the broken, [141]
• Cushion, the, [44]
• Cussey, Domenico, [13]
• Cuvilliés, [164]
• Cuvilliés, console table by, [212]
• Cuvilliés, fils, [257], [261]–262
• Cymbeline, quotation from, [53]–54
• D
• Damask, [154]
• Darly, M., [225]
• Dauphine, the, [263]
• D’Aviler, quotations from, [116], [118], [131], [169]–170, [173], [174]
• Debonnaire, [66]
• Decker, Paul, [199]–200
• ——, mirrors by, [210]
• De Goncourt, quotation from, [369]
• De La Cour, [165]
• Delafosse, [257]–258, [267]
• De Lalonde, [257], [258]–260, [277], [279]
• Delany, Mrs., quotations from, [151]–152
• Delaunay, [66]
• Demarteau, [164], [257]
• Demontigny, [256]
• Designers of transitional style (Louis XV.—Louis XVI.), [256]–257
• Designers (Louis XVI.), [257]
• Desk (Jacobean), [59]
• Desk and Bookcase (Heppelwhite), [325]–326
• Desk. See Bureau.
• Desks (Louis XIV.), [87]
• —— (Louis XVI.), [275]
• Desmalter, Jacob, [370], [372], [377]
• Desvoyes, [257]
• Diana of Poitiers, [3]
• Dining-parlour (Sheraton), [342]
• ——, Prince of Wales’s, [342]–343
• Dining-room (Empire), [376]
• —— (Louis XV.), [177], [182]
• —— (Sheraton), [341]–342, [343]
• Dining-table (Empire), [376]
• —— (Sheraton), [346]–347
• Directoire style, [285], [367], [370], [374], [375], [379]–380
• Divan, the, [378]
• Doré, [263]
• Draperies (Louis XV.), [200]–201
• —— (Louis XVI.), [270]–271
• —— (Empire), [377]–378
• Drawing-room (Sheraton), [339]–341
• Drawing-table, [60]
• Dressing-drawers, [325]
• Dressing-room (Sheraton), [339]
• Dressing-table (Chippendale), [240]–241
• —— (Early Georgian), [154]
• —— (Jacobean), [60]
• —— (Heppelwhite), [324]–325
• —— (Louis XIV.), [85]–86
• —— (Queen Anne), [128]–129, [129]–130
• —— (Sheraton), [357]–358
• Dubois, [164], [166]
• Du Bois, quotation from, [115]
• Du Cerceau, [4]
• Duchesse, the, [209], [278], [279]
• —— (Heppelwhite), [316]–317
• Duchess bed, [355]
• Dugourc, [262]
• Dumb-waiter (Early Georgian), [153]
• —— (Louis XVI.), [274]
• —— (Sheraton), [350]–351
• Dumont, [256]
• Duplessis, [165], [213]
• Duplessis, fils, [257], [263]
• Dupuis, [263]
• Dutch influence in England, [110]
• Duvaux, [165]
• Dyche, quotation from, [130]
• E
• Ear motive in decoration, [5], [210], [212]
• East, influence on furniture, [160]–161
• Ebéniste, [11]
• Ebénisterie, [66]
• Ebony, [11], [38]
• Edict of Nantes, Revocation of, [110]
• Edwards and Darly, [148]
• Eisen, [164]
• Elizabeth, Queen, [46]
• Empire style, characteristics of, [372]–374
• ——, growth of the, [370]
• ——, ornaments of, [372]–374
• ——, wood used, [379]
• Encoignure (Louis XV.), [212]
• England, Dutch influence in, [110]
• ——, French art in, [110]–111
• ——, French workmen in, [110]–111
• ——, relations with the Netherlands, [37]–38
• Engravings, [155]
• Escritoire (Hogarth), [152]
• Evelyn, John, quotations from, [50]–51, [112]–113, [114]–115
• F
• Falk, quotations from, [253]–255
• Far East, commerce with, [111]–112
• Fauteuil, [29]–30, [81]–82, [83]
• —— (Louis XV.), [205]
• ——, bergère, [207]–208, [278]
• ——, de commodité (Louis XV.), [208]–209
• ——, confessional, [278]
• Fauteuils Bonaparte, [379]–380
• Fay, [257], [264]–265
• Feathers in decoration, [263]
• Festoon window curtains, [336]
• ——, Heppelwhite’s fondness for the, [312]
• Floor (Jacobean), [44]
• Folding chair-bed, [152]–153
• Fonlanieu, [257]
• Fontaine, P. F. L., [370]
• Footstools (Sheraton), [361]
• Forms (Louis XVI.), [203]–204
• Forty, [257], [258]
• Fossier, [257]
• Fouquet, [4]
• ——, alcove of, [91]
• ——, entertainment of, [70]
• Fragonard, [257], [258]
• Fraisse, [142], [165]
• Frames (Chippendale), [244]
• —— (Early Georgian), [155]
• Frederick the Great, [168]
• French art in England, [110]–111
• —— decoration, influence on Langley, [143]
• —— furniture, most perfect period, [160]
• —— style, craze in England for, [138]
• —— style, Heppelwhite’s admiration of, [316]
• —— rod, the, [336]–337
• —— workmen, in England, [110]–111
• Fringe, [18]
• —— (Louis XIV.), [82]–83
• —— (Louis XV.), [201]
• Furniture (Chippendale), [222]
• —— and costume, analogy between, [7]–8
• —— (Louis XV.), descriptions of, [185]–194
• ——, metal, [67]
• ——, sets of, [89]–90
• G
• Gachet, [263]
• Gallery, [176]
• Garde-robe, [168], [172], [176]
• Gardes de vin, [322]
• Garlands (Louis XIII.), [8]
• Gamier, [166]
• Gate-legged table, [51]
• Gaudry, Mme. de, [85], [98]
• Gay, quotation from, [137]
• Genre étrusque, [369]
• Gentlemen and Cabinet-Maker’s Director, The, [135], [222], [223], [224], [247]
• Georgian (Early) Architecture, [137]–138
• Germain, [164]
• Germain, P., mirror by, [211]
• Gibbs, [136], [295], [296]
• Gilded wood, [67]
• Gillot, [161]
• Girandoles (Chippendale), [244], [245]
• —— (Heppelwhite), [323]
• Gobelin, [277]
• Gobelins, manufacture des, established, [66]
• Gobelins, artists and artisans employed at the, [66]
• Gobelin tapestry, [205]
• Godin, [216]
• Goldsmiths, in decorative art, [4]
• Gondola chairs, [207]
• Gothic, Adam on, [294]
• Gothic Architecture (Langley), [149]
• ——, designs (Chippendale), [228], [235], [241]–243
• ——, Mrs. Delany on, [150]–151
• ——, Evelyn on, [114]
• —— revival, [135]
• ——, Langley’s influence, [150]
• ——, Ware on, [149]–150
• Gothic taste, the, [138], [221]
• Gouthière, [266]
• Gouvernet, La Marquise de, inventory of, [121]–126
• Grate, [155]
• Gravelot, [164]
• Grecian squab, [356]
• Gribelin, Samuel, [111]
• Gros de Tours, [264]
• Grotesque, Adam on 299–300
• Guéridon, [33]
• Guiffrey, Jules, quotation from, [180]
• Guimard, Mlle., apartments of, [282]–284
• H
• Halfpenny, [148]
• Hall, the, [40]–41, [335]
• Hampton Court, [46]
• Hancock, wall-paper of, [141]
• Handles (Jacobean), [59]
• —— (Queen Anne), [130]
• Hangings, leather, [42]
• Harlequin Pembroke Table, [359]
• Harrateen, [154]
• Hatfield House, [46]
• Havard, quotation from, [75]
• Hearth furniture (Early Georgian), [155]
• Heinhofer, Philip, [16]
• Henri II. style, [3]
• Hentzer, Paul, [55]
• Heppelwhite, A. & Co., firm of, [309]
• ——, characteristics of, [312]
• ——, fondness for the straight line, [312]
• —— furniture, [309]–310
• ——, ornaments of, [312]
• ——, quotations from, [310]–311, [326]–327
• —— room, [326]–327
• Herculaneum, [352]
• —— chair, [363]
• Hervey, Lord, quotations from, [137]
• Hervieux, [213]
• Hexagon, [9]
• High-boy, [154]
• Huet, [161], [257], [265]
• Huguenot refugees in England, [111]
• Huquier, [164]
• Hogarth chair, [152]
• —— furniture, [152]
• ——, quotation from, [247]–248
• ——, satire of Kent, [136]–137
• ——, table by, [152]
• Horse fire screens (Chippendale), [246]
• Houdan, [257], [263]
• Houel, [257]
• House (Louis XV.), description of, [182]–185
• Houses, decorated by the Adams, [292]–293
• I
• Illumination (Jacobean), [45]
• Ince and Mayhew, [224]
• India houses 113
• Industrious Apprentice, escritoire in, [152]
• J
• Jacob, Georges, [370]
• Jacobean furniture. Tudor and Flemish mixture in, [37]
• Jacquemart, quotations from, [178], [256]
• Jacques, [263]
• Janel, [257]
• Janua Linguarum, quotation from, [45]–46
• Japanese art, taste for, [166]–167
• Japanned furniture, [154]–155
• Jardinière (Empire), [377]
• Jardinières, [273]–274
• Jewels, Age of, [70]
• Johnson, [148]
• Jombert, [164]
• Jones, Inigo, [37], [146], [295]
• Journal de la mode, quotation from, [367]–368
• Juhel, [215]
• K
• Kauffman, Angelica, [292], [305], [306]
• Kent, William, [135], [136], [295], [296]
• Kent, Hogarth’s opinion of, [136]
• Kenwood, Adam’s decorations at, [304]
• Kidney library table, [359]
• Knife cases (Heppelwhite), [321]–322
• —— (Sheraton), [349]
• Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent, [38], [61]
• ——, bed at, [57]
• ——, bedrooms at, [54]–55
• L
• La Barre, [66]
• La Bruyère, [67]
• La Collombe, [164]
• Lacquered furniture, [154]–155
• Lacquers, old, [168]
• Lady’s Cabinet Dressing-table, [357]–358
• Lafayette, bed of, [376]
• La Joüe, [142], [164]
• La Live de Juilly, [263]
• Lalonde. See De Lalonde.
• Lamballe, Princesse de, [263]
• ——, apartments of the, [280]–282
• Lampas, [19]
• Lambrequin (Louis XIII.), [19]
• —— (Louis XV.), [200]–201
• —— (Louis XVI.), [271]
• Lamps (Heppelwhite), [323]
• Lange, [164]
• Langley, Batty, designs by, [142], [144]–145
• ——, quotations from, [143]–145, [149], [150]
• ——, influence on Gothic revival, [150]
• ——, Walpole opinion of, on, [151]
• Lanthorns (Chippendale), [245]
• La Rue, [257], [263]
• Lassurance, [164]
• Lauzan, Comte de, [112]
• Law, John, [159]
• Leather, use of, [192], [209], [313], [314]
• Le Brun, [4], [66], [68], [69], [159]
• Le Canu, [257]
• Le Geay, [257]
• Le Grand, [164]
• Leland, quotation from, [43]
• Leleu, [267]
• Le Lorrain, [257]
• Lepautre, Jean, [66], [72], [84], [91]
• Le Prince, [257]
• Le Roux, [164]
• Levasseur, [267]
• Liard, [257]
• Library (Sheraton), [338]
• —— table (Sheraton), [360]
• Line, the straight, insistence of the, [253]–254
• Lit d’ange, [77]–78, [79]–80, [196]
• ——, à l’Anglaise, [267]
• ——, d’Anglaise, [196]
• ——, à arc, [197]
• ——, de baldaquin, [27]
• ——, en baldaquin, [197]–198
• ——, à chassis, [198]
• ——, à la Chinoise, [277]
• ——, à couronne, [267]
• ——, en dome, [79]
• ——, à double tombeau, [197]
• ——, à la duchesse, [77], [80]
• ——, de duchesse, [196]
• ——, à la fédération, [285], [368]
• ——, à flèche, [197]
• ——, en housse, [19]–21, [76], [267]
• ——, à impériale, [28]
• ——, à l’Impériale, [80]
• ——, en niche, [197]
• ——, en ottomane, [197]
• ——, à la polonaise, [196], [277]
• ——, à pavillon, [77]
• ——, de repos, [32], [81], [197], [198], [270], [279]
• —— (Chippendale), [230]
• —— (Louis XV.), [192]
• ——, à romaine, [197]
• ——, à tombeau, [197]
• ——, à tulipe, [197]
• ——, à la Turque, [197], [277]
• ——, vu de pied, [77]
• Lit. See Bed
• Livre de Légumes (Meissonier), [227]
• Livre d’ornements (Meissonier), [227]
• Lodging room (Sheraton), [339]
• Loir, Alexandre, [66]
• Loir, Guillaume, [66]
• London, a dépôt for Oriental art, [112]
• Louis XIII. style, beginning of, [3]
• Louis XIV., magnificence of, [66]
• ——, takes Court to Versailles, [65]
• ——, style, characteristics of, [70]–73
• ——, ornamentation, [71]–73
• Louis XV. style, [195]
• ——, transitional from, to Louis XVI., [195]
• ——, great masters of the, [164]
• ——, style, small masters of the, [164]–165
• ——, ornaments of, [164]
• Louis XVI. style, [195], [196], [251]–252
• ——, cabinet-makers, [267]
• ——, furniture of last years, [284]–285
• ——, ornamentation of, [252]–253
• Low-boy, [154]
• Lucotte, [256]
• Lutestring, [55]
• Luti, Chevalier, [135]
• Luxury, in reign of Louis XIV., [70]
• Luynes, Duc de, quotation from, [196]
• M
• Mademoiselle, La Grande, quotations from, [91], [111]–112
• Mahogany, [11], [118], [334], [379]
• Maintenon, Mme. de, [78], [80], [85], [86]
• ——, apartments of, [92]–96
• ——, tables of, [86]
• Maisons de Plaisance (Blondel), [174]
• Mansart, [65]
• Marchand, [263]
• Martinet, [164]
• Martins, The, [167]–168
• Marie Antoinette, [255], [263]
• Marie Leczinska, bed of, [196]
• Marillier, [257], [262]
• Marot, Daniel, [91], [111]
• ——, furniture by, [119], [120]–121
• ——, use of china in decoration, [116]
• Marquetry, [11], [50], [87]
• Marquetry (Riesener’s), [265], [266]
• Marquetry (Queen Anne), [127]–128
• Marquise, The, [208]
• Marriage à la Mode, Bed in, [152]
• Marsenois, [165]
• Marvye, [164]
• Mascaron, [8], [120]
• Mazarin, Cardinal, [4], [12], [13], [18], [21], [28], [30], [32]
• ——, bed of, [77]–78
• ——, fondness for Oriental art, [111]–112
• ——, lottery of Oriental goods, [70], [112]
• Medici, Francesco de’, [17]
• ——, Marie de’, [3], [6], [12]
• Meissonier, J. A., [160], [162], [163]
• ——, canapé by, [209]
• ——, chairs by, [209]
• ——, curves of, [194]
• ——, designs by, [226]–227
• ——, exponent of the Louis XV. style, [164]
• ——, ornaments, [227]
• ——, pier-table by, [211]
• Mercier, quotation from, [264]
• Mercure de France, quotation from, [69]
• Méridienne, The, [378]
• Metal furniture, [67]
• Mezzotints, [155]
• Michel, [164]
• Middle Ages, rich furniture of the, [67]
• Milanaise fringe, [18]–19
• Milton, Thomas, [290]
• Mirabeau, [168]
• Mirrors, [68]
• —— (Chippendale), [244]
• —— (Heppelwhite), [323]
• —— (Jacobean), [45], [60]
• —— (Louis XIII.), [34]
• —— (Louis XIV.), [89]
• —— (Louis XV.), [190], [210]–211
• —— (Queen Anne), [119]
• —— (Sheraton), [360]
• Mississippi Bubble, The, [159]
• Moithey, [257], [263]
• Molière, alcove of, [91]
• Mondon, [142], [164]
• Monkeys in decoration, [141], [142], [161], [211]
• Monnoyer, J. B., [111]
• Montigny, P. C., [267]
• Moreau le jeune, [257]
• Moreau, [257]
• Mortlake tapestry, [42]
• Mouldings (Louis XIII.), [9]
• Much Ado About Nothing, [42]
• Murray, quotation from, [131]
• Music-room (Sheraton), [338]
• N
• Napolitaine fringe, [18]–19
• Nest-of-drawers, [59]
• Netherlands, influence of, on Jacobean furniture, [37]
• Neufforge, [257]
• Niche, [192]
• Nicolet, [263]
• Nile, Shipwreck of the, [168]
• Nimeguen, Treaty of, [65]
• Normand, C., [257], [263], [380]
• Nottingham, Lord, quotation from, [113]
• O
• Octagon, [9]
• Odiot, J.B.C., [370]
• Œben, [165]
• ——, bureau, begun by, [212]
• Olive-wood, [45], [60]
• Ollivier, [166]
• Oppenord, [160], [163]
• Orfèvrerie, [66]
• Orient, L’, [112]
• Oriental art, Evelyn on, [112]–113
• Oriental art, [111]
• Orleans, Duchess of, [85], [87]
• Orleans, apartments of the, [100]–102
• Orleans, Duke of, [85], [86]
• ——, apartment of the, [98]–100
• Ornamentation (Elizabethan), [39]–40
• —— (Louis XIV.) style, [71]–73
• —— (Louis XVI.) style, [252]–253
• —— (Queen Anne), [119]–120
• Ornaments (Adam), [298]–299
• —— (Chippendale’s), [227], [229]–230, [237], [247]
• —— (Empire), [372]–374
• —— (Heppelwhite), [312]
• —— (Louis XV. style), [164]
• —— (Louis XIII.), [11]–12
• —— (Meissonier’s), [227]
• —— (Sheraton), [334]
• Osterley Park, Adam decorations at, [304]–305
• Ottoman à la reine, [279]
• Oudry, [164]
• P
• Pafrat, [166], [267]
• Painted cloth, [42]
• Palais de porcelaine, [73]–74
• Palais Royal, The, [4]
• Palais Soubise, [178]–180
• Palladio, [135], [137]
• ——, new edition of, [115]
• Panache, [21]
• Panelling (Jacobean), [41]
• Panels (Early Georgian), [146], [147]
• —— (Queen Anne), [117]
• Pannier, [263]
• Panseron, [257]
• Parent, Aubert, [257]
• Paris, changes in, [5]–6
• ——, sets the fashions for Europe, [65]
• Pariset, [257]
• Parizeau, [257]
• Parlour, the, [41]
• —— (Jacobean), [52]–53
• —— (Tudor), [52]
• Parquetry, [68]
• Passe, Crispin de, [4]
• Pastoral subjects, [252], [253]
• Pavilion bed, [28]
• Pear-wood, [11], [38]
• Péché Mortel (Chippendale), [232]
• Pedestals (Heppelwhite), [321]
• Pelham, Henry, [136]
• Pembroke tables, [324]
• —— (Sheraton), [358]–359
• Pepys, quotations from, [43]
• Perault, [263]
• Percenet, [257], [263]
• Percier, C., [370], [373]
• Percier and Fontaine, [367], [372], [377]
• ——, bedroom by, [373]
• ——, examples from, [373]–374
• ——, quotation from, [371]–372
• ——, tables by, [376]–377
• Percy, quotation from, [41]–42
• Pergolesi, M. A., [292], [305]–306
• “Persian,” 191
• Petite Maison, La, [181]
• Petitot, [257], [261], [263]
• Peyrotte, [164]
• Philippon, Adam, [4]
• Picau, [143]
• Pictures (Louis XIII.), [34]
• —— (Queen Anne), [118]
• Pier-glass (Chippendale’s), [244]
• —— (Heppelwhite), [323]
• Pierre, J. B., [256], [263]
• Pier-tables, [32]
• Pier-table (Meissonier), [211]
• —— (Sheraton), [344]–345
• Pillement, [164], [263]
• Pinaud, commodes by, [202]
• ——, consoles for porcelain by, [211]
• ——, console table by, [212]
• ——, mirrors by, [210]
• Pineau, [164]
• Placards, [17]
• Play-room, [175]
• Pollen, quotation from, [255]
• Pomeranian Art Cabinet, [16]–17
• Pommes, [21], [27], [57], [196]
• Pompadour, Mme. de, [165], [168], [264]
• ——, bed of, [187]–188
• ——, bedroom of, [186]–189
• ——, fondness for Louis XVI. style, [252]
• Pompeii, [252], [254]
• Ponce, Gardette, [257]
• Pope, quotation from, [136], [138]
• Porcelain as a decoration for furniture, [256]
• —— in decoration, [73]–74
• —— in England, [113]
• Portières (Louis XV.), [187], [191], [194]
• Pouch table, [357]
• Pouget, [257]
• Poulleau, [165]
• Press, [59]
• Prevost, [164]
• Prieur, [257], [262]
• Principes de l’art du tapissier, quotation from, [196]
• Principles of Gardening (Langley), [150]
• Prudhon, [372]
• Q
• Quartette tables, [361]
• Queen Anne, [110]–111
• ——, furniture, [121], [126]
• ——, house, [121]–126
• —— style, [109]–110, [116], [118]
• ——, characteristics, [119]–120
• ——, ornamentation, [119]–120
• ——, panels, [117]
• ——, tapestry, [117]
• Queen Mary, [113]
• Queverdo, [257]
• Quinze seize, [264]
• R
• Radel, [277]
• Raffle leaf, the, [290]
• Rainceau, Adam’s definition, of, [300]
• Rambouillet, Madame de, [7]
• ——, blue parlour of, [68]
• ——, Hôtel de, [91]
• Ranson, [257], [260], [267], [279]
• ——, examples from, [260]
• Rebel, ornaments of, [5]
• Récamier, Mme., [378]
• Recueil, de Décorations Intérieures, [370]
• Regency, The, [110]
• ——, art of the, in America, [141]
• ——, art of the, in England, [135], [141]
• —— style, characteristics of the, [141]–142
• ——, examples of, [211], [213]–214
• Reign of Terror, [367]
• Renaissance, The, [3]
• Renard, [257]
• Revolution, The Glorious, [110]
• Ribband-back chairs, [232]–233
• Richelieu, Cardinal, [4], [6], [14], [15]
• Richardson, George, [289]
• Riesener, J. H., [165], [213], [265]–266, [267]
• Robert, [257]
• Rocaille, [162]
• ——, decoration, [141]
• Rochefort, Mme. la Maréchale, cabinet of, [97]–98
• Rock-and-shell work, taste for, [221]
• Rococo, [150]
• Roentgen, David, [265], [266], [267]
• Rohan, Anne Julie Charbot de, [178]
• Rohan, Duc de, [178]
• Romans d’aventure, [67]
• Rose, Joseph, [304]
• Rosewood, [225], [334]
• Roubo, [166], [256]
• Roumier, [142], [164]
• Rousseau, J. J., [252]
• Rubens, [3]
• Rudd’s Dressing-table, [324]–325
• Rueil, Castle, of, [4]
• Ruins, fad for, [150]
• ——, Langley on, [150]
• S
• Saint Non, [257], [363]
• Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, [252]
• Saint-Simon, quotation from, [31]
• Salembier, [257], [261], [267], [277]
• Salon, the, [168]
• —— (Louis XIV.), [104]–105
• —— (Louis XV.), [171]–172, [174]–175, [182]–183
• ——, petit, [177]–178
• Saly, [263]
• Satin-wood, [334]
• Saunier, [267]
• Scagliola, [291]
• Scheemakers, [263]
• Schübler, J. J., [199]–200
• Schwerdfeger, [267]
• Screens (Chippendale), [246]
• —— (Heppelwhite), [322]–323
• ——, horse fire, [323], [345]
• —— (Louis XIV.), [88]–89
• ——, Pole fire, [322]–323, [345]
• ——, Regency, [211]
• —— (Sheraton), [345]–346
• ——, tripod fire, [345]–346
• Screetore, [59]
• Secretary and bookcase (Sheraton), [359]–360
• Serre-papiers, [212], [213]
• Settee (Jacobean), [62]
• —— (Queen Anne), [119]
• Shakespeare, quotations from, [38]–39, [53]–54, [55]
• Shaving-tables (Chippendale), [241]
• Shell in Cabinet-maker’s arms, [120]
• Shell, decorative use of, [120]
• Shelves (Chippendale’s), [237]–239
• Sheraton, Thomas, [331]
• ——, arrangement of rooms, [335]
• ——, books by, [331]
• ——, cane, use of, [334]
• ——, carving, love of, [333]
• ——, on Chippendale, [223]–224
• ——, on colour, [335]
• ——, ornaments of, [334]
• ——, use of mahogany, [334]
• ——, quotations from, [331]–332, [332]–333, [335], [335]–336, [336]–338, [338]–342, [342]–343, [343]–344, [344]–345, [345]–346, [346]–347, [348]–349, [350], [350]–351, [352]–355, [357], [357]–358
• ——, rosewood, use of, [334]
• ——, rooms, [338]–343
• ——, two periods, [333]
• Siamese Embassy to France, [111]
• Sideboard (Heppelwhite), [320]–321
• —— (Sheraton), [347]–349
• ——, cellaret, [347]
• Sideboard tables (Chippendale), [245]
• Silver buffet, [4]
• Silver furniture, [67]
• ——, at Knole, [38]
• Singerie, [161]
• Sion House, Adam decorations at, [301]–303
• ——, Adam furniture at, [297]
• Society of Antiquaries, [135]
• Sofa, bar-back (Heppelwhite), [317]
• ——, beds, [267], [355]–356
• ——, bed à l’antique, [279]
• —— (Chippendale), [226]–227, [231]–232
• —— (Directoire), [378]
• —— duchesse, [209]
• —— (Empire), [378]
• —— (Heppelwhite), [315]–317
• —— (Louis XIV.), [81]–82
• —— (Louis XVI.), [278]–280
• ——, pommier, [285]
• —— (Sheraton), [344], [356]–357
• ——, Turkey, [356]–357
• ——. See Canapé.
• Soubise, Palais, [178]–180
• Soubise, Prince de, [178]
• Spangled bedroom, Knole, [55]
• Spanish foot, The, [62]
• Sphinx in decoration, [370], [372]
• Spindle ornament, [40]
• St. Aubin, [257]
• Stockel, [267]
• Stools (Heppelwhite), [315]
• —— (Marot), [119]
• —— (Queen Anne), [119]
• Strawberry Hill, [149], [151]
• Stripe, the, [263]–264, [312]
• Study, the, [43]
• Sweeps for beds, [319]
• T
• Table, breakfast (Chippendale), [246]–247
• ——, “butterfly,” 52
• ——, card, [214], [274], [324]
• ——, china, [246]–247
• —— (Chippendale), [239]–241, [240]–241, [242]–244, [246]–247
• ——, tables, [274], [376]
• ——, dressing, [240]–241, [324]–325
• ——, drawing-room, [273]
• —— (Empire), [376]–377
• ——, à fleurs, [377]
• ——, flower, [273]–274
• —— (Heppelwhite), [323]–325
• —— (Jacobean), [51]–52
• ——, library, [17], [326]
• —— (Louis XIII.), [32]–34
• —— (Louis XIV.), [86]
• ——, Mme. de Maintenon’s, [86]
• ——, Pembroke, [324]
• —— (Queen Anne), [130]
• —— (Regency), [213]–214
• ——, servante, [274]
• —— (Sheraton), [358], [360], [361]
• ——, sideboard, [245]
• ——, tambour writing and bookcase, [324]–326
• ——, “thousand-legged,” 51
• ——, writing, [242]–244, [274]
• ——, work, [274]
• Tabouret, [81]–82
• Tallement des Réaux, quotation from, [7]
• Talman, John, [135]
• Talmont, Mme. la Princesse de, apartment of, [189]–191
• Tambour writing-table and bookcase, [326]
• Taming of the Shrew, quotation from, [38]–39
• Tapestry, [18], [41]–42, [117], [205], [277]
• Taraval, [257]
• Taste for the antique, [367]–368
• Taste in England, Ware’s criticism of, [138]–140
• Tavernier, [70]
• Tea chests (Chippendale), [246]
• —— kettle stands (Chippendale), [246]
• —— room (Sheraton), [338]–339
• —— table (Empire), [376]–377
• —— trays (Chippendale), [246]
• Textiles (Louis XIII.), [18]
• —— (Louis XIV.), [68]
• —— (Chippendale), [225]
• Thomire, [370]
• Thousand-legged table, [51]
• Tibesar, [257]
• Toile du Jouy, [264]
• Toilet-glass (Early Georgian), [153]
• —— table (Louis XV.), [203]
• —— tables (Chippendale’s), [239]–241
• Tolleverk, [216]
• Torchère (Louis XV.), [212]
• Trafalgar chair, the, [380]
• Trio tables, [361]
• Trunk, [59]
• Tudor parlour, [52]
• —— bed, [53]–56
• —— home, Shakespeare’s description of a, [38]–39
• Turkey sofa, [356]–357
• Twelfth Night, quotation from, [55]
• U
• Upholstery (Early Georgian), [153]–154
• —— (Empire), [379]–380
• —— (Heppelwhite), [313], [314]–315
• —— (Jacobean), [57]–58
• —— (Louis XIV.), [82]–83
• —— (Louis XV.), [205]
• —— (Louis XVI.), [276]–277
• —— (Queen Anne), [119]
• —— (Sheraton), [334]–335
• Urn stand (Heppelwhite), [322]
• V
• Val, apartments at, [102]–104
• Vallance, petticoat, [318]
• Vanburgh, [295], [296]
• Van der Meulen, [68]
• Vasari, [17]
• Vase, form of (Louis XIII.), [8]
• —— in decoration, the, [252]–253, [262]–263
• Vase-knife cases, [321]–322
• Vases (Heppelwhite), [321]
• Vassy, [164]
• Vernis Martin, The, [168], [227], [273]
• Versailles, magnificence of, [65]
• Vervien, [164]
• Vestibule, [169]
• ——, [174]
• Viaucourt, [66]
• Vien, [263]
• Viollet le Duc, quotation from, [6]–7
• Voyelle, [277]
• Voyeuse, the, [32], [278], [363]
• Voltaire, [168]
• Vouet, Simon, [4]
• W
• Wailly, Charles de, [257], [263]
• Wainscot (Early Georgian), [146], [147]
• Wall decorations (Louis XV.), [173]
• Wall-hangings, Ware on, [147]–148
• Wall paper, [336]
• Wallis, N., [290]
• Walpole, Horace, [17], [149], [150]
• ——, quotations from, [136], [149]
• Wardrobes (Heppelwhite), [325]
• Ware, Isaac, quotations from, [138]–140, [145]–148,
• 149–150
• Watelet, [256]–263
• Watteau, [142], [161], [225]
• ——, designs by, [205]
• Weisweiler, [267]
• William, King of England, [110]
• Winant, [213]
• Window (Jacobean), [43]–44
• Window-blinds (Sheraton), [336]
• Window-curtains (Early Georgian), [153]–154
• —— (Louis XV.), [187], [200]
• —— (Louis XVI.), [270]–271
• —— (Sheraton), [336]
• Windows, [43]
• Window-seat, [44]
• —— stools (Heppelwhite), [315]
• Windsor chair, [152], [153]
• Wine-cooler (Chippendale), [246]
• Wolsey, Cardinal, [46]
• Woods (Early Georgian), [153], [154]
• —— (Empire), [379]
• —— (Jacobean), [38]
• —— (Louis XIII.), [11]
• —— (Louis XVI.), [276]
• Work-table (Sheraton), [357]
• Wren, Christopher, [296]
• Wressil Castle, [43]
• Writing-tables (Louis XV.), [190]
• Z
• Zucchi, Antonio, [292], [304], [305]

Transcriber's Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Changed “feet long” to “feet wide” on p. [78].
2. Changed “dairy” to “diary” on p. [112].
3. Silently corrected typographical errors.
4. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.