EARLY XVII. CENTURY.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHAPTER I.
COLORED FRONTISPIECE facing Title
PAGE
"GRANDFATHER" CLOCK iv.
A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY NAPKIN PRESS xii.
VIGNETTE OF BAS-RELIEF—EGYPTIAN SEATED, as Ornament to Initial Letter [1]
ASSYRIAN BRONZE THRONE AND FOOTSTOOL [3]
CHAIRS FROM KHORSABAD AND XANTHUS AND ASSYRIAN THRONE [4]
REPOSE OF KING ASSHURBANIPAL [5]
EXAMPLES OF EGYPTIAN FURNITURE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM: Stool; Stand
for a Vase; Head Rest or Pillow; Workman's Stool; Vase on a Stand;
Folding Stool; Ebony Seat inlaid with ivory		 [6]
AN EGYPTIAN OF HIGH RANK SEATED facing [6]
AN EGYPTIAN BANQUET [7]
CHAIR WITH CAPTIVES AS SUPPORTS [8]
BACCHUS AND ATTENDANTS VISITING ICARUS facing [8]
GREEK BEDSTEAD WITH A TABLE [9]
GREEK FURNITURE [10]
INTERIOR OF AN ANCIENT ROMAN HOUSE facing [12]
A ROMAN STUDY [13]
ROMAN SCAMNUM OR BENCH}[14]
ROMAN BISELLIUM, OR SEAT FOR TWO PERSONS
ROMAN COUCH, GENERALLY OF BRONZE [15]
BRONZE LAMP AND STAND [16]
ROMAN TRICLINIUM, OR DINING ROOM facing [16]
CHAPTER II.
VIGNETTE OF GOTHIC OAK ARMOIRE, as Ornament to Initial Letter [17]
CHAIR OF ST. PETER, ROME [19]
DAGOBERT CHAIR [21]
A CARVED NORWEGIAN DOORWAY facing [22]
SCANDINAVIAN CHAIR [23]
COVER OF A CASKET CARVED IN WHALEBONE [24]
SAXON HOUSE (IX. CENTURY) [25]
ANGLO-SAXON FURNITURE OF ABOUT THE X. CENTURY [27]
THE SEAT ON THE DAIS}[28]
SAXON STATE BED
ENGLISH FOLDING CHAIR (XIV. CENTURY)}[29]
CRADLE OF HENRY V.
CORONATION CHAIR, WESTMINSTER ABBEY [31]
CHAIR IN YORK MINSTER [32]
TWO CHAIRS OF THE XV. CENTURY facing [32]
TABLE AT PENSHURST [33]
BEDROOM (XIV. CENTURY) [34]
CARVED OAK BEDSTEAD AND CHAIR [35]
INTERIOR OF A BEDROOM—"THE NEW BORN INFANT" [37]
PORTRAIT OF CHRISTINE DE PISAN [38]
STATE BANQUET, WITH ATTENDANT MUSICIANS (two woodcuts) [39]
A HIGH BACKED CHAIR (XV. CENTURY) [40]
MEDIÆVAL BED AND BEDROOM facing [40]
A SCRIBE OR COPYIST [41]
TWO GERMAN CHAIRS [42]
CARVED OAK BUFFET (French Gothic) [43]
OLD ENGLISH OAK BUFFET [44]
FLEMISH BUFFET facing [44]
A TAPESTRIED ROOM}[45]
A CARVED OAK SEAT
INTERIOR OF APOTHECARY'S SHOP [46]
DWELLING ROOM OF A FRENCH CHATEAU following [46]
COURT OF THE LADIES OF QUEEN ANNE OF BRITTANY [46]
CHAPTER III.
VIGNETTE OF THE CARYATIDES CABINETS, as Ornament to Initial Letter [47]
REPRODUCTION OF DECORATION BY RAFFAELLE following [48]
SALON OF M. BONAFFÉ " [48]
A SIXTEENTH CENTURY ROOM " [48]
CHAIR IN CARVED WALNUT [49]
VENETIAN CENTRE TABLE [50]
MARRIAGE COFFER IN CARVED WALNUT following [50]
MARRIAGE COFFER " [50]
PAIR OF ITALIAN CARVED BELLOWS [51]
CARVED ITALIAN MIRROR FRAME, XVI. CENTURY [52]
A SIXTEENTH CENTURY COFFRE-FORT [53]
ITALIAN COFFER [55]
ITALIAN CHAIRS [56]
EBONY CABINET facing [56]
VENETIAN STATE CHAIR [57]
ORNAMENTAL PANELLING IN ST. VINCENT'S CHURCH, ROUEN following [58]
CHIMNEY PIECE (FONTAINEBLEAU) " [58]
CARVED OAK PANEL (1577) [59]
FAC SIMILES OF ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD [60]
CARVED OAK BEDSTEAD OF JEANNE D'ALBRET following [60]
CARVED OAK CABINET, XVI. CENTURY " [60]
CARVED OAK CABINET (LYONS) " [60]
LOUIS XIII. AND HIS COURT [62]
DECORATION OF A SALON IN LOUIS XIII. STYLE facing [62]
AN EBONY ARMOIRE (FLEMISH RENAISSANCE) [64]
A BARBER'S SHOP AND A FLEMISH WORKSHOP (XVI. CENTURY) [65]
A FLEMISH CITIZEN AT MEALS [66]
SEDAN CHAIR OF CHARLES V. [67]
SILVER TABLE (WINDSOR CASTLE) [63]
CHAIR OF WALNUT OR CHESTNUT WOOD, SPANISH, WITH EMBOSSED LEATHER following}[68]
WOODEN COFFER (XVI. CENTURY) following
THE STEEL CHAIR (LONGFORD CASTLE) facing [70]
GERMAN CARVED OAK BUFFET [71]
CARVED OAK CHEST [72]
CHAIR OF ANNA BOLEYN [74]
TUDOR CABINET [75]
THE GLASTONBURY CHAIR [78]
CARVED OAK ELIZABETHAN BEDSTEAD [80]
OAK WAINSCOTING facing [80]
DINING HALL IN THE CHARTERHOUSE [82]
SCREEN IN THE HALL OF GRAY'S INN facing [82]
HALL OF GRAY'S INN [83]
CARVED OAK PANELS (CARPENTERS' HALL) [85]
PART OF AN ELIZABETHAN STAIRCASE [86]
THE ENTRANCE HALL, HARDWICK HALL facing [86]
SHAKESPEARE'S CHAIR [88]
THE "GREAT BED OF WARE" facing [88]
THE "QUEEN'S ROOM," PENSHURST PLACE [89]
CARVED OAK CHIMNEY PIECE IN SPEKE HALL [90]
CHAPTER IV.
A CHAIR OF XVII. CENTURY, as Ornament to Initial Letter [91]
OAK CHIMNEY PIECE IN SIR W. RALEIGH'S HOUSE [92]
CHIMNEY PIECE IN BYFLEET HOUSE [93]
"THE KING'S CHAMBER," FORD CASTLE [94]
CENTRE TABLE (CARPENTERS' HALL) [95]
CARVED OAK CHAIRS [96]
OAK CHIMNEY PIECE FROM LIME STREET, CITY facing [96]
OAK SIDEBOARD [97]
SEATS AT KNOLE [99]
ARM CHAIR, KNOLE [100]
THE "SPANGLE" BEDROOM, KNOLE [101]
COUCH, CHAIR, AND SINGLE CHAIR (PENSHURST PLACE) facing [104]
"FOLDING" AND "DRAWINGE" TABLE [106]
CHAIRS, STUART PERIOD [107]
CHAIR USED BY CHARLES I. DURING HIS TRIAL [108]
SETTLE OF CARVED OAK facing [108]
TWO CARVED OAK CHAIRS [109]
STAIRCASE IN GENERAL IRETON'S HOUSE [110]
SETTEE AND CHAIR (PENSHURST PLACE) facing [110]
SEDES BUSBIANA [112]
THE MASTER'S CHAIR IN THE BREWERS' HALL [115]
CARVED OAK "LIVERY" CUPBOARD [116]
THREE CHAIRS FROM HAMPTON COURT, HARDWICKE, AND KNOLE facing [116]
CARVED OAK SCREEN IN STATIONERS' HALL [117]
SILVER FURNITURE AT KNOLE [119]
THREE CHIMNEY PIECES BY JAMES GIBBS facing [122]
CHAIR IN HOLLAND HOUSE, DESIGNED BY CLEYN [123]
CHAPTER V.
PATTERN OF A CHINESE LAC SCREEN [124]
AN EASTERN (SARACENIC) TABLE, as Ornament to Initial Letter [125]
JAPANESE CABINET OF RED CHASED LACQUER-WORK [130]
CASKET OF INDIAN LACQUER WORK [134]
DOOR OF CARVED SANDAL WOOD FROM TRAVANCORE facing [136]
PERSIAN INCENSE BURNER OF ENGRAVED BRASS [137]
GOVERNOR'S PALACE, MANFALÛT [140]
SPECIMEN OF SARACENIC PANELLING [141]
CARVED DOOR OF SYRIAN WORK [142]
SHAPED PANEL OF SARACENIC WORK [143]
CHAPTER VI.
BOULE ARMOIRE (HAMILTON PALACE) [144]
VIGNETTE OF A LOUIS QUATORZE COMMODE, as Ornament to Initial Letter [145]
BOULE ARMOIRE (Jones Collection) facing [146]
PEDESTAL CABINET BY BOULE (Jones Collection) [148]
A CONCERT IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV. [149]
A BOUDOIR (LOUIS XIV. PERIOD) [150]
DECORATION OF A SALON IN THE LOUIS XIV. STYLE facing [150]
A BOULE COMMODE [152]
FRENCH SEDAN CHAIR facing [152]
A SCREEN PANEL BY WATTEAU [153]
CARVED AND GILT CONSOLE TABLE [154]
LOUIS XV. "FAUTEUIL" (CARVED AND GILT) [155]
LOUIS XV. COMMODE (Jones Collection) [156]
A PARQUETERIE COMMODE [157]
PART OF A SALON (LOUIS XV.) [158]
"BUREAU DU ROI" facing [158]
PART OF A SALON IN LOUIS XVI. STYLE [160]
A MARQUETERIE CABINET (Jones Collection) [162]
WRITING TABLE (RIESENER) facing [162]
THE "MARIE ANTOINETTE" WRITING TABLE [164]
BEDSTEAD OF MARIE ANTOINETTE facing [164]
A CYLINDER SECRETAIRE (Rothschild Collection) [165]
AN ARM CHAIR (LOUIS XVI.) [166]
CARVED AND GILT SETTEE AND ARM CHAIR following [166]
A SOFA EN SUITE [166]
A MARQUETERIE ESCRITOIRE (Jones Collection) [167]
A NORSE INTERIOR, SHEWING FRENCH INFLUENCE [169]
A SECRETAIRE WITH SEVRES PLAQUES [170]
A CLOCK BY ROBIN (Jones Collection) [171]
HARPSICHORD, ABOUT 1750 [172]
CHAPTER VII.
VIGNETTE OF A CHIPPENDALE GIRANDOLE, as Ornament to Initial Letter [173]
FAC-SIMILE OF DRAWINGS BY ROBERT ADAM [175]
ENGLISH SATIN WOOD DRESSING TABLE following [176]
CHIMNEY-PIECE AND OVERMANTEL, DESIGNED BY W. THOMAS following [176]
TWO CHIPPENDALE CHAIRS IN THE "CHINESE" STYLE [177]
FAC-SIMILE OF TITLE PAGE OF CHIPPENDALE'S "GENTLEMAN AND CABINET MAKER'S DIRECTOR" [178]
TWO BOOK CASES FROM CHIPPENDALE'S "DIRECTOR" facing [178]
TEA CADDY CARVED IN THE FRENCH STYLE (CHIPPENDALE) [179]
A BUREAU FROM CHIPPENDALE'S "DIRECTOR" [180]
A DESIGN FOR A STATE BED FROM CHIPPENDALE'S "DIRECTOR" following [180]
"FRENCH" COMMODE AND LAMP STANDS [180]
BED PILLARS [180]
CHIMNEY-PIECE AND MIRROR [180]
PARLOUR CHAIRS BY CHIPPENDALE [181]
CLOCK CASE BY CHIPPENDALE [182]
CHINA SHELVES, DESIGNED BY W. INCE [184]
GIRANDOLES AND PIER TABLE, DESIGNED BY W. THOMAS [185]
PARLOUR CHAIRS, DESIGNED BY W. INCE [187]
LADIES' SECRETAIRES, DESIGNED BY W. INCE [188]
DESK AND BOOKCASE, DESIGNED BY W. INCE [189]
CHINA CABINET, DESIGNED BY J. MAYHEW [190]
"DRESSING CHAIRS," DESIGNED BY J. MAYHEW [191]
DESIGNS OF FURNITURE FROM HEPPLEWHITE'S "GUIDE" facing [192]
PLAN OF A ROOM (HEPPLEWHITE) [193]
INLAID TEA CADDY AND TOPS OF PIER TABLES, FROM HEPPLEWHITE'S "GUIDE" [194]
KNEEHOLE TABLE BY SHERATON [195]
CHAIRS BY SHERATON [196]
CABINET AND BOOKCASE WITH SECRETAIRE, BY SHERATON [197]
CHAIR BACKS, FROM SHERATON'S "CABINET MAKER" [198]
A SIDEBOARD IN THE STYLE OF ROBERT ADAM facing [200]
TOILET GLASS AND URN STANDS [201]
CARVED JARDINIERE BY CHIPPENDALE [202]
CHAPTER VIII.
VIGNETTE OF AN EMPIRE TRIPOD, as Ornament to Initial Letter [203]
CABINET PRESENTED TO MARIE LOUISE facing [204]
STOOL AND ARM CHAIR (NAPOLEON I. PERIOD) [205]
NELSON'S CHAIRS BY SHERATON facing [206]
DRAWING ROOM CHAIR, DESIGNED BY SHERATON [207]
DRAWING ROOM CHAIR [208]
"CANOPY BED" BY SHERATON following [208]
"SISTERS' CYLINDER BOOKCASE" BY SHERATON [208]
SIDEBOARD AND SOFA TABLE (SHERATON) [209]
DESIGN OF A ROOM BY T. HOPE [211]
LIBRARY FAUTEUIL, FROM SMITH'S "BOOK OF DESIGNS" [213]
PARLOR CHAIRS [214]
BOOKCASE BY SHERATON facing [214]
DRAWING ROOM CHAIRS, FROM SMITH'S BOOK [215]
PRIE-DIEU IN CARVED OAK, DESIGNED BY MR. PUGIN [218]
SECRETAIRE AND BOOKCASE (German Gothic Style) [219]
CRADLE FOR H.M. QUEEN VICTORIA, BY H. ROGERS [222]
DESIGN FOR A TEA CADDY BY J. STRUDWICK [223]
DESIGN FOR ONE OF THE WINGS OF A SIDEBOARD BY W. HOLMES [224]
DESIGN FOR A WORK TABLE BY H. FITZCOOK [225]
VENETIAN STOOL OF CARVED WALNUT [228]
CHAPTER IX.
EXAMPLES OF DESIGN IN FURNITURE IN THE 1851 EXHIBITION:—
SIDEBOARD, IN CARVED OAK, BY GILLOW following [228]
CHIMNEY-PIECE AND BOOKCASE BY HOLLAND AND SONS [228]
CABINET BY CRACE [228]
BOOKCASE BY JACKSON AND GRAHAM [228]
GRAND PIANOFORTE BY BROADWOOD [228]
VIGNETTE OF A CABINET, MODERN JACOBEAN STYLE, as Ornament to Initial Letter [229]
LADY'S ESCRITOIRE BY WETTLI, BERNE [230]
LADY'S WORK TABLE AND SCREEN IN PAPIER MACHÉ [232]
SIDEBOARD (SIR WALTER SCOTT) BY COOKES, WARWICK following [232]
A STATE CHAIR BY JANCOWSKI, YORK [232]
SIDEBOARD, IN CARVED OAK, BY DURANT, PARIS [232]
BEDSTEAD, IN CARVED EBONY, BY ROULÉ, ANTWERP [232]
PIANOFORTE, BY LEISTLER, VIENNA [232]
BOOKCASE IN LIME TREE, BY LEISTLER, VIENNA [232]
CABINET, WITH BRONZE AND PORCELAIN, BY GAMBS, ST. PETERSBURG [232]
CASKET OF IVORY, WITH ORMULU MOUNTINGS, BY MATIFAT, PARIS [233]
TABLE AND CHAIR, IN THE CLASSIC STYLE, BY CAPELLO, TURIN [234]
CABINET OF EBONY, WITH CARNELIONS, BY LITCHFIELD AND RADCLYFFE
(1862 Exhibition, Paris) [235]
CABINET OF EBONY WITH BOXWOOD CARVINGS, BY FOURDINOIS, PARIS
(1867 Exhibition, London) following [236]
CABINET OF SATINWOOD, WITH WEDGWOOD PLAQUES, BY WRIGHT AND MANSFIELD
(1867 Exhibition, Paris) following [236]
CABINET OF EBONY AND IVORY BY ANDREA PICCHI, FLORENCE
(1867 Exhibition, Paris) following [236]
DINING ROOM BY BRUCE J. TALBERT facing [238]
THE ELLESMERE CABINET [243]
THE SALOON AT SANDRINGHAM HOUSE following [244]
THE DRAWING ROOM AT SANDRINGHAM HOUSE [244]
CARVED FRAME BY RADSPIELER, MUNICH [248]

CHAPTER I.