[16] "The universal system of Household Furniture, 300 designs on 95 plates, folio. London. N.D. (circa 1770)"
[17] Matthias Lock published "A new book of pier frames, ovals, girandoles, tables, etc." Imp. 8vo., 1769.
[18] The Court room of the Stationers' Hall contains an excellent set of tables of this kind.
[19] The late Mr. Adam Black, senior partner in the publishing firm of A. and C. Black, and Lord Macaulay's colleague in Parliament, when quite a young man, assisted Sheraton in the production of this book; at that time the famous designer of furniture was in poor circumstances.
[20] The word baroque, which became a generic term, was derived from the Portuguese "barrocco," meaning a large irregular-shaped pearl. At first a jeweller's technical term, it came later, like "rococo," to be used to describe the kind of ornament which prevailed in design of the nineteenth century, after the disappearance of the classic.
[21] Mr. Parker defines Dado as "The solid block, or cube, forming the body of a pedestal in classical architecture, between the base mouldings and the cornice: an architectural arrangement of mouldings, etc., round the lower parts of the wall of a room, resembling a continuous pedestal."
[22] Collinson and Lock amalgamated with Warings in 1897.
[23] The present firm is Radley, Robson and Mackay.
[24] This Collection, now better known as the Wallace Collection, has been bequeathed to the Nation.
[25] Miss Rowe, who has made some valuable contributions to the literature of Woodwork, has written hand-books for young woodcarvers, which are published under the sanction of the South Kensington authorities.