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Dutch and Flemish Furniture

INDEX

Reading edition

Abbaye de Montréal, 50; —— d’ Oignies, 25

Abbey of Charlieu, 50; —— of Citeaux, 50; —— of Clairvaux, 50; —— of Cluny, 50; —— of Saint Maximin, 39; —— of Vézélay, 50

Abbeys of Burgundy, 50

Aelst, Peter van, 75

Æsop’s Fables, 305

Agnes Sorel, 22

Aiguière, Aiguières, 10, 150, 151, 166

Alart du Hameel, 62

Albert, Archduke, 135, 137; —— and Isabella, Court of, 132

Aliénor of Poitiers, quoted, 43–5, 46–7

Alost, looms, 58

Amsterdam, 136, 203, 208, 215, 239, 249, 270; ——, stores in, 237; ——, Leonard van, 221

Amber, 72

Andirons, 129

Anil, 225

Antwerp, 23, 73, 203, 135–6; ——, artists of, 101–3; ——, cabinets of, 114; ——, clavecin-makers of, 124–8; ——, wealth of, 101

Arabesques, 65–6, 93

Arche, 13

Architecture, Early Renaissance, 177–8

Ards, W., 51

Armchairs, 7

Armoire, Armoires, 11, 12, 13, 113–4, 204, 261

Arphe, Juan de, 52

Arras, 20, 21, 53; —— looms, 35–6

Artisans, 1–3, 28, 47–8, 52, 53, 101–3

Artists, 28, 67–8, 95–6, 103, 106–7, 118–20

Artz, picture by, 313

Aspruck, Franz, 165

Asselijn, quoted, 182

Auricular style, 111, 166–7, 300. See Genre auriculaire

Avignon, 58

Avont, Peter van den, 165

Babou, Philibert, 74

Baby’s outfit, 199–200

Baert, Jean, 304

Baerze, Jacques de, 48

Bahut, Bahuts, 12, 13, 66, 116, 140

Baldwin, Count of Flanders, 19

Ballingal, J., quoted, 324–5

Banbosa, D. 212

Banc, Bancs, 13–14, 140–1

Banderole, 94

Banquiers, 47

Barbé, J. B., 165

Bass viol, 129

Bataille, Colin. See Bataille, Nicholas; ——, Nicholas, 20, 37

Battle of Nancy, 39; —— of Nicopolis, 36; —— of Pavia, 79

Beaugrant, Guyot de, 52, 78

Beaumetz, John de, 48, 50

Beauneveu, André, 50

Beauvais, tapestry of, 155–6, 304–5

Becius, Joh., quoted, 259

Bed, Beds, 43, 44, 70, 108–11, 147, 150, 151, 198, 266, 312; —— chest, 12; ——, folding, 70; ——, Josephine’s, 311; ——, Mary of Burgundy’s, 56; ——, Queen Anne’s, 274, 275, 276; ——, panelled, 191 ——, from Rijks Museum, 110; —— tapestry, 56; ——, William’s, 274

Bedroom, 9, 43–4,104–5. 190–1, 197–8; ——, Marot’s, 275–6; ——, Mary’s, 274, 275, 276

Bedsteads, 266

Beef-wood, 268

Béhagle, Philippe, 156

Bein, Heinrich van, 166

Belgium, buildings in, 145–6; ——, museums of, 327

Benches, 7

Bérain, 164

Berent, 62

Berenberge, Pierre van, 51

Bernagie, quoted, 194

Bernard, Michel, 21

Bernard, Pierre, quoted, 99–100

Berruguete, 52

Beughem, Louis van, 68

Beveren, Cornelius van, 256

330Blommaert, Georges, 156

Blondeel, Lancelot, 53, 79–80

Blyenborgh, Adrian, 257; ——, Vrouwe van, 257–9, 259–60

Board and trestles, 6, 15, 141

Boegarden, Henry van, 51

Bol, F., 170

Bolsward, Church of, 5

Bonaffé, quoted, 158–9

Bonte, C. de, 61

Borromini, 131, 309

Borcht, Jacques van der, 304

Bos, Cornelius, 95, 107

Bosse, Abraham, 142, 147

Boteram, Rinaldo, 59

Bouche, P. P., 166

Boucher, 300, 304, 305

Boulle, A. C., 115, 271; ——, Pierre, 115

Bouts, Derick, 15

Bouttats, Gaspard, 166

Brackets, 278, 279

Brassware, 129

Breda, Church of, 5

Breughel, Pierre, the Elder, 88; ——, Peter, 175

Bride’s basket, 200; —— crown, 200; —— house-furnishing, 255; —— throne, 200

Broederlam, M., 48

Broederkerk. See Bolsward

Broec, L. van den, 51

Bronchorst, J. G., 170

Bronzino, 73

Bruges, 25, 32, 40; ——, looms of, 58; ——, Palais de Justice, 79; ——, St. Anne, 139; ——, St. Walburge (pulpit), 138

Brulh, Van der, 52

Brussels, 20, 21, 23, 25, 32, 306; —— looms, 57, 304; —— museum, 198, 254; —— school of, 306; —— tapestries, 73, 304

Bruyn, Charles de, 51

Bry, Theodore de, 94

Buffet, 14–5,43; à deux corps, 140

Bulteel, John, 51

Burgundian etiquette, 98; —— style, the, 85–7

Burgundy, Dukes of, 16, 31–2, 272; ——, House of, 31–2

Buten, Martin van, 165

Buytenweg, William, 165

Cabinet, Cabinets, 11, 62, 89–90, 107, 114–5, 116, 204, 211, 226, 238–9, 244, 245, 246, 262, 284, 300

Cabinet-makers, 7, 8, 13, 159, 297

Calin, 211

Cambrai, Peace of, 79

Cameryck, C. van, 122

Campen, J. van. See Kampen

Canal-boats, furniture of, 321–4

Candlesticks, 44–5, 60, 129

Canning, quoted, 302

Cape of Good Hope, 208

Carest, Josse, 125

Caron, 73

Carpenter, 8

Carpets, 19, 70, 243; ——, table, 263

Carracks, 208–9

Cartoons, tapestry, 58, 59, 73, 137, 156, 157

Cartouche, 94

Carvers, 2, 5, 50–3, 122

Carving, Carvings, 2–6, 7, 80–3, 115, 171, 138–40, 279, 282, 301–2

Caryatid, 94

Cathedral of Antwerp, 27; —— of Dietz, 27; —— of Tournay, 27

Catherine of Braganza, 284

Cats, 269; —— head, 190

Cavalli, M., 101

Cecil, 214

Cedar, 268

Ceilings from the Binnenhof, 171, 172

Cellini, 91, 92

Ceramics, 107, 116–7, 284

Chair, Chairs, 15, 16, 112–3, 142, 160–4, 266–7, 276–7

Chambre, 17; —— de parade, 45

Champeaux, 86

Chandelier, Chandeliers, 10, 60, 129, 166, 283

Charles I. (England), 136; —— II.(England), 201, 280, 284; —— —— chair, 163; —— V. (France), 20, 22, 26–7; —— V. (Emperor of Germany), 65, 75, 76, 79, 87, 97, 98, 198; —— VI. (France), 20, 22; —— VIII.(France), 65, 68; —— the Bold, 27, 40, 39–43, 54, 60, 61

Chastelain, Georges, quoted, 35–6, 38

Château de Schoemburg, 307

Chest, chests, 6, 12–13, 15, 116, 139, 256, 257; —— bed, 12; —— -upon-chest, 12

Chimney-pieces, 49, 53, 78–9, 88, 122, 170, 171, 181, 278

China, 216, 299; —— mania, 281; —— -cabinets, 285, 300; —— -ware, 225, 239, 240, 245, 246, 247, 261, 281, 283. See Porcelain

Chinese boudoir, 172; —— style, 127, 305. See Chinoiserie

Chinoiserie, 273, 300

Chippendale, 278

Choir-stalls, 3–6, 77–8, 80–3, 122, 139

Chronicle of St. Trond, 57

Claas, Alaert, 95, 96

Claire, Godefroid de, 6

Classic architecture in furniture, 140; —— orders, 91; —— style, 65

331Clavecin, 124; —— makers, 124–8

Clavichord, 124

Clays, Pierre, 88

Cleaning-utensils, 187

Clerc, G. de, 24

Clocks, 267, 278

Cluny Museum, 13, 15, 48, 66, 160, 162, 163, 261, 267

Coach-bed, 266

Cock, Jerome, 94, 102, 103

Cockatoo, 270

Cocques, 153, 250

Coeck of Alost, Peter, 87–8, 94, 103

Coffers, 66, 257

Colars, N., 5

Colima, John van, 285

Collaert, Adrian, 103, 121; —— Hans, 103

Collan, J., 165

Collection of porcelain, 206–7

Collectors of tapestry, 20–2

Cologne, 28

Comans, Marc, 155

Communes, The, 1, 2

Compartiment, 93, 94

Comptoir, 179, 188

Constant, quoted, 225–6

Constantinople, fall of, 64

Cooking-utensils, 11, 151, 196, 268–9

Coral, 72, 174

Cordova, 23, 99

Cosmo I., 77

Cotgrave, 12

Court-cupboard, 140

Court pointerie, 17

Coxie, Michel, 73

Cradles, 198

Credence, 12, 14–15, 140

Cressent, 300

Crispin de Passe, the Elder. See Passe, Crispin van de

Croissy, Fouquet de, 270

Crusade, the First, 18

Crusades, 1, 7

Crusaders, 23

Cubiculum, 141

Cuirs, 93, 94, 103, 104, 114

Cupboards, 62, 256, 257–8, 260

Curios, 69, 71–2, 89, 114–5, 143, 204–5, 300–1

Curtains, 17–8

Cushions, 6, 13, 16, 69, 70, 71, 141

Custode, Dominic, 107; ——, Raphael, 165

Daïs, 4

Dale, Lucas van, 221

Dam, The, 145, 169

Damme, 19

Dangeau, quoted, 249

Daret, Jehan, 39

Davies, G. C., quoted, 319–21

Decadence, The, 107, 131, 158–9, 165; —— of Dutch Art, 301; ——, Flemish, 203

Decorations, 29, 200

Decorative designers, 103, 106–7, 165–6

D’Erembert, 25

Defoe, quoted, 281

Delft, looms, 77; —— ware, 204, 216, 220–2, 300; —— ware, Closett, 285; —— ware, Mary’s, 281

De Parival, quoted, 185

Develstein, Castle of, 228, 256, 260–1, 262

De Vries. See Vries, Hans V. de

Dextras, The, 221

Dijon, 32, 47; —— Museum, 48, 49, 51, 112; —— Palais de Justice, 85–6; —— St. Michel’s, 85

Dinant, 10, 16, 32

Dinanderie, 10–1, 129

Dinantairs, 11

Dixmuiden, St. Nicholas, 83

Dogs, 269

Dolls, 173, 176–7; —— houses, 172–6

Don Juan of Austria, 100

Dordin, Jacques. See Dourdain

Dordrecht, 256; ——, Groote Kerk, 80

Dou, 250, 254

Douay, looms, 58

Dourdain, Jacques, 20

Dragée, 45–6

Drageoir, 45, 46–7

Dragonnades, The, 272

Drawing-table, The, 111–2, 141–2

Dressing-cloth, 262; —— table, 262–3

Dressoir, 9, 12, 14–5, 34, 37, 38, 40, 44, 45, 53, 105, 261, 278

Du Cerceau, 104; ——, “the Dutch,” See Vries, H. V. de

Duke of Alva, 157; —— of Anjou, 20; —— of Berry, 20, 22, 50; —— of Orleans, 20, 22

Dukes of Burgundy. See Burgundy

Dulcken, Peter van, 122

Dürer, Albrecht, 76, 82, 93

Dussen, Mrs. Lidia van der, 197–8

Dutch, The, 203–4; —— Art, Decadence of, 301; —— artisans in London, 284; —— artists, 165, 166; —— beds, 312; —— carving, 301–2; —— collectors, 325–7; —— country houses, 315–6; —— in the East, 215–6, 237–8; —— farmhouses,313–5; —— furniture, 255, 317–8; —— homes and houses, 177–98, 188–91, 197–8, 311–2, 316–7; —— love of home, 172–3, 182–3; —— love of marquetry, 160; —— love of porcelain, 238–9; —— love of symmetry, 324–5; —— luxury, 249, 255–6, 302–3; 332—— mania for cleaning, 183–7, 194–5, 324; —— and English marriages, 279–80; —— navigators, 214–6; —— ships, 215, 226; —— taste, 204, 279, 280, 282, 284–5, 287

Duysbourg, H. van, 51

Ear, as decorative motive, 166. See Auricular style

Earl of Pembroke, 57; —— of Warwick, 57

East India Company, 270; —— of England, 237, 284, 290

East, trade with the, 64

Ébéniste, 159

Ebn’ Abd el Noûr el Hamîri et Toûnsi, 23

Ebony, 7, 115, 268

Ecclesiastical Art, 1–6, 7; —— hangings, 18–9

Edrisi, 205

Eeckhout, G. van der, 166

Eenhoorn, L., 221

Egmont, Counts of, 100

Elizabeth, Queen, 117, 125, 214; —— Queen of Bohemia, 279

Embroiderers, 56

Embroideries, 17, 56, 69, 70, 71

Empire Style, The, 310

Encoinçons, 93, 104

Engravers, 165

England and Holland, relations of, 241

English workmen, complaints of, 288; —— and Dutch pirates, 238

Entrecolles, Father d’, quoted, 223–5

Escarbeau, 16, 47, 266

Escritorios de la Chine, 211

Esquiros, Alphonse, quoted, 312–3, 322–4

Este, C., quoted, 306–9

Etiquette, 14, 33, 46–7, 98

European patterns sent to the East, 223–5, 287, 288, 290, 296–7

Evelyn, 249, 282, 284

Eycken, John van der, 62

Faerie Queen, The, quoted, 21

Faïence, 91, 206, 301

Faldstools, 7, 16

Falkema, J. S., 166

Faydherbe, L., 136

Feast of the Pheasant, 33–4

Feltham, Owen, 183, 185, 264

Ferdinand of Aragon, 79

Ferrara, 59

Fête de l’oiseau, 303–4

Fictoor, Lowys, 221

Fire-basket, 199

Fireplace, 62

Flanders, 79, 203

Flemings, artistic character of the, 84–5

Flemish artisans, 306; —— artisans abroad, 52, 58–9, 74–5, 85, 117–8, 155, 156, 304; —— carvers, 50–3; —— glass-workers, 26–7; —— teachers, 24; —— looms, 58, 71, 74, 76–7, 304–5

“Flemish Raphael,” The, 88

Floreins, John, 52

Florence, 28

Floris, Cornelius, 102; ——, Francis, 88; ——, James, 102; —— Style, the, 102–3

Flowers, 200, 201

Folding-beds, 111; —— tables, 112

Fontainebleau, 74; —— School of, 92

Foot-stove, 263–4

Forbin, Count de, quoted, 249

Forms, 7

Fouquet, 154

Francis I., 74, 97

François de la Planche, 155

Francouart, 94

Franquart, Jacques, 137

French influence in Low Countries, 299–300

Friar Hugo, 25

Friesland, 318

Frytom, F. van, 221

Furnes, St. Walburge, 139

Furnishing, house, 255

Furnishings of Banquet Hall, 40–3

Furniture, 141–2, 244–5; ——, canal boat, 322–4; ——, Duchess of Burgundy’s, 43–5; ——, Dutch painted, 319; ——, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century, 61–2; —— at Hampton Court, 282–4; ——, inlaid, 90, 107, 158–60; ——, Italian, 90–92; ——, Japanned, 297; ——, lacquered, 297, 298–9; ——, Margaret of Austria’s, 69–72; ——, mediaeval, 2, 6–7, 7–8, 11; —— mounts, 159; ——, Renaissance, 83–4, 92–5, 105, 107, 108–17, 139–42; ——, Seventeenth century, 146–52, 158–64; —— tapestry, 304–5. See Cluny, Marquetry, Rijks

Gaîne, 94

Galle, Theodore, 107

Galles, Phillip, 107

Gance, J. van den, 51

Gardens, Dutch, 279, 282

Gazoni, quoted, 99

Genre auriculaire, 111, 166–7, 300

Geraerts, M., 106, 107

Gerard, Marc, 93

Gerbier, B., 127

Ghent, 25, 32, 98; —— tapestry, 304

333Gheyn, Jacques de, 165

Giacomo d’Angelo, 59

Gibbons, Grinling, 279, 282

Gilbert, Sir John, 214

Gillot, 300

Giovanna, Francesca, 59

Giovanni da Udine, 73

Glass, 26, 117–8, 207, 246; —— blowers, 117–8; —— makers, 101; ——, painted, 159; ——, painting on, 118; —— windows, 27

Glosencamp, L., 53

Glusomack, Henry, 48

Goa, 209, 210, 214, 216

Gobelins, 76, 154, 155, 157, 158, 272

Godewijck, Margaretha, quoted, 174–5; ——, P. van, quoted, 172–3, 182–3

Golden Age of Tapestry, 53

Golden Fleece, Knights of the, 38; ——, Order of the, 16, 39, 41, 61, 89

Goldsmiths, 5, 6, 61, 65; ——, Corporation of, 25

Goldsmiths’ work, 24–6, 35, 37, 39, 44, 60

Goler, Pierre, 115

Goltius, Hubert, 88, 89

Goten, Jacques van der, 304

Gothic Art, 7, 67, 77–8; —— ornamentation, 3–5, 12; —— style, the, 62, 65, 77–8, 82–3, 105, 108, 133

Granvelle, Bishop of Arras, 100, 106

Gruuthuuse, pew, 53

Guadameciles, 23

Guicciardini, quoted, 73, 87, 101, 118–20, 123, 187

Guilds of St. Luke, 28, 88, 120, 124, 125, 126, 128, 220–1

Guionet, 26

Haarlem, Groote Kerk, 82

Hague, The, 170, 201, 265

Hall, 192–3; ——, furniture of, 15–6

Halles (Brussels), 51

Hameidan, M. van der, 156

Hampton Court Palace, 157, 274, 278, 280, 282–4

Handel, clavecin of, 128

Hangings, 7

Harpsichords, 124, 267

Harrewyn, J. J., 166

Hee, Gilles de la, 88

Hecker, A., 165

Heemskerck, M. van, 96

Héliot, B., 48

Helt-Stocade, N. de, 170

Hendricks, L., 165

Henri II., style, 83; —— IV., 115, 154

Henry le Backer, 61; —— VIII., 97

Hervey, John, 285–7, 295

Hervormde Kerk. See Breda

Heylbrouck, M., 166

Hessels, Gerrit (Gerritz), 94, 165

Het Loo, 170

Hicks, Robert, 77

Hill, Robert, quoted, 310–2

Hindeloopen, 318, 319

Hoevens, The van der, 221

“Hogarth, The Dutch,” 301

Holland, buildings, 145–6; ——, jealousy of, 302. See Dutch Holme, Lacy, 279

Holsteyn, C., 170

Hoogerhuis, room from the, 172

Hooghe, R. de, 165

Hoogstraten, S. van, 250

Hosemant, J., 58

Houbraken, A., 165

Hour-glasses, 268

House-in-the-Wood, 170

Houses, miniature, 173–6; Seventeenth century, 145–6

Houtman, C., 215

Howard, Admiral, 157

Huche, Huches, 13, 66, 166

Huchiers, 8, 13, 38–9, 53; —— menuisiers, 17

Huet, 300

Huguenot emigrants, 272, 284

Huis ten Bosch, 170

Hulst, John, 48

Huygens, 298

Hynart, Louis, 155

Ibn Batuta, 205

Importations, 226, 289, 292

India, 205, 209, 216; —— -houses, 281, 285

Inlaid furniture, 7, 90, 107, 158–160

Interiors of the Great and Little Masters, 250–5

Inventories, Dutch, 146–52, 191–2, 231–5, 241–6, 246–8, 257–61, 269

Isabella of Bourbon, 43; —— of Castile, 79; —— of Portugal, 37

Isle des hermaphrodites, L’, quoted, 159

Italian furniture, 90–2

Ivory, 7

Jackenon of Nivelles, 5

Jane of Burgundy, 17

Janz, House of A. H., 188–91

James II., 249, 280

Japan, 209, 210, 226

Japanned furniture, 297; —— goods, 289, 295

Japanners, complaint of, 289, 297

Jaspar, 6

Java mahogany, 268

Jehan de Bruges, 16, 59; —— de Dinant, 11

Jewel-boxes, 263

334Jewelry, 242, 243, 262

John of Brussels, 68

John III., Count of Hainault, 25

Johnson, Gerreit, 285

Joiners, 8; —— Company, petition of, 288–9

Joinville, C. de, quoted, 303–4

Joanna the Mad, 65, 78

Jouées, 3, 4

Kampen, Jacob van, 145, 165, 169, 170, 172

Kampen, Town-hall, 122

Kams, The, 221

Kamyn, Erasmus, 166

Karcher, John, 77; ——, Nicholas, 77

Karel de Moor, 171

Kas, Kasten, 204, 244, 247, 256, 257, 260, 261

Keizer, Albrecht de, 221; ——, Cornelis de, 221

Keldermans, M., 62; ——, R., 78

Key, William, 88

Keyser, Hendrik de, 165, 169, 171

King-wood, 260, 268

Kitchen, 151, 189–90, 196, 268–9; ——, Rembrandt’s, 144; —— utensils, 11, 96, 151, 268–9

Koedyck, 250, 251

Kooge, Abraham de, 221

Lacquer, 127, 211, 295–9; —— imitation of, 298

Lacquered furniture, 297, 298–9

Laeken, Palace of, 310–1

Lairesse, G. de, 172, 301

Lame, Jahn de, 101

Landenspelder, John, 103

Lange, Jacob de, home of, 246–8

Launoy, 79

Laval, P. de, quoted, 208–11

Layens, M. de, 62

Leather hangings, 71, 153–4, 171, 172; ——, paintings on, 3; ——, Spanish, 267

Leathers, gilded. 99, 102, 133, 134, 135, 149, 150

Le Brun, 154, 305

Leeuwarden, 318

Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy, 37

Le Maître à la Navette, 62

Leo X., 75

Leonardo da Vinci, 58

Lepautre, 272–3

Lerambert, 73

Leyden, Lucas van, 9, 93, 95, 96

Liefrinck, Hans, 103

Liège, 23, 24, 25; ——, School of, 306; ——, tapestry-weavers of, 57

Lievens, Jan, 170, 171

Lignum vitæ, 256

Lille, 23, 33, 156, 304; —— looms, 58; —— Museum, 300; ——, School of, 300, 306

Linen, 192, 256, 257, 258, 318; ——, paintings on, 13; ——, printed, 6

Linen-fold pattern, 12, 93, 105

Linkerk, Peter, 48

Linschoten, J. H. van, quoted, 226

Lisbon, 99, 117, 208, 214, 215

Lit en housse, 147

Living-room, 189

Lochon, M. van, 165

Lodeweycke, H. 165

Lombard, Lambert, 88–9

Looms, Flemish, 16, 19

Louis XII., 65, 68; —— XIII., 142; —— Napoleon, 170, 310; —— Quatorze Period, 270–3; —— Quinze Period, 270, 300, 301, 306, 309

Louvain, St. Michael’s, 139; ——, Town-hall, 62

Louvre, 115, 154, 271

Lower, Sir John, quoted, 201–2

Loyet, Gérard, 61

Lucidel, Nicholas, 88

Luifel, 177, 179

Lute, 129

Lutma, John, 166

Luxury, 32–43, 100–1, 259, 302–3

Maarken, 312

Macé, Jean, 115

Mademoiselle, La Grande, quoted, 287–8

Madrid, looms, 304

Maes, 327

Maestricht, 25

Majolica factory, 101

Malaca, 209

Maldives, 210

Mantua, 59

Mantegna, Andrea, 58, 59

Mantel-piece, 283

Maps, Tapestry, 77

Marchaut, Countess of Artois, 21

Margaret of Austria, 47, 67–72, 78, 79, 87, 89, 97, 99; —— of York, 40

Marguerite of Valois, 99–101

Marie Elizabeth, 303–4; —— de Medici, 137

Marot, Daniel, 164, 272, 273–8, 280, 282, 287; —— style, 267

Marquetry, 91, 108, 111, 112, 158–60

Marville, John de, 48, 49

Mary of Burgundy, 45, 56, 67, 79; —— of Hungary, 97–8; —— of Orange, 279; ——, Queen of England, 171, 280–2, 283, 284, 285

Mascarons, 277, 278

335Masters, The Great, 301; ——, the Little, 250, 255, 301

Matsys, C., 103

Matteo del Nassaro, 73

Mauritshuis, The, 170, 201

Maurice of Nassau, Count John, 170

Maussel, Guillaume, 38

Maximilian, 79

Mazarin, Cardinal, 113, 115, 270, 287

Mechlin, 23, 78; ——, house in, 146–52

Mediaeval room, 9

Meissonnier, 300, 309

Melter, J. de, 156

Memling, 9, 54, 58

Mendelslo, quoted, 225, 227

Mendoza, 211–2

Mercurius, 264

Metal chairs, 16; ——, wrought, 13

Methwold, quoted, 226

Metsu, 250, 253, 254

Meyt, Conrad, 68–9

Michael Angelo, 85, 131, 132

Micker, James, 165

Middelburg, looms, 58, 77

Mierevelt, Gertrude van, 191–2

Milan, 59

Mindanao, Queen of, 205–6

Miniatures of MSS., importance of, 8

Mirrors, 260, 264–5, 268, 277, 283

Miséricorde, The, 3

Moelenere, Thierry de, House of, 88

Molensleyer, Godefroy den, 51; ——, Henry den, 51

Monet, 11–2

Monkeys, 128, 135, 269–70; —— in decoration, 128, 305. See Singerie

Montagu, Lady Mary, quoted, 281

Montoyer, 308

Moonen, quoted, 238

Morales, A., quoted, 99

Moretus, 101, 137

Mortlake tapestry, 154, 156–7

Mosquito net, 71

Mostaert, Jean, 87

Mosyn, M., 166

Moucheron, 166, 173

Mounts, Furniture, 159

Muntink, A., 165

Museaux, 3

Museum van Kunstnyverheid, 327

Music, love of, 122–3

Musical instruments, 123–9

Musicians, list of, 123

Nachtbouquet, 262

Nancy, looms, 156

Napkin basket, 199

Napolitanus, C., quoted, 178, 186–7

Natalis, M., 165

Needlework, 281. See Embroiderers

Netherland East India Company, 216

Netherlands, Luxury in the, 100–1

Neusse, A., 304

New Amsterdam, 241

New Year’s Gifts to Queen Elizabeth, 214

Niello, 25–6

Nieucasteel, Nicholas de, 88

Nispen, Van, 256–7

Nivelles, Church of, 5

Nolpe, Peter, 166

Northampton, Earl of, 240–1

Noye, Jacques van, 106; —— Sebastian van, 106

Numismatics, 88, 89

Nutwood, 238, 247, 248, 260, 268

Oak, 7, 268

Oesterham, Pieter, 221

Old Brechtje, quoted, 199

Olive-wood, 268

Olivier de la Marche, quoted, 32, 42–3

Oost, Peter van, 51

Oppenord, G. M., 272, 300, 309

Oppenordt, C. J., 271

Or bazané, 99

Orfèvres. See Goldsmiths

Orfèvrerie, 24–6

Oriental goods, 7, 209, 240, 242, 243, 244, 246, 285, 286–7

Orley, Bernard van, 73, 75, 76, 87

Ornamentation, Renaissance, 92–6

Ornaments, decorative, 165–6

Ort, A. van, 101

Oudenarde, 78; ——, Hôtel de Ville, 122; ——, looms, 58, 304

Paintings, 69

Palissandre, 268

Palissy, 117

Panellings, 11, 12, 93, 105, 171, 172

Panelled-bed, 191

Pand, Le, 73

Pannemaker, André, 156; ——, François, 156; ——, William de, 76

Paraclose, The, 3, 4

Paris, 20, 21

Parrots, 269, 270

Passe, Crispin de, or van de, 94, 106, 107, 120–1, 142, 162, 171, 203

Passo, P., 101

Paston, John, quoted, 40

Pauli, André, 165

Patin, Charles, quoted, 249–50

Peacocks, 269

Pekin, 299

Penon, J. H., 38

Pentin, J., 61

Peter the Great, 304; —— of Campana, 73

Pets, 134, 135, 269–70

Perréal, John, 67–8

336Pewter, 191, 261

Pheasants, 269

Philibert of Savoy, 67, 68

Philip de Comines, 32; —— the Bold, 20, 31, 47, 49–50, 55; —— the Good, 33–8, 55–6; —— (of Spain), 79; —— II., 88, 89, 98, 100, 116, 215; —— III., 137; —— IV., 137

Pictures, 245, 247–8

Pietersz, Gerrit, 221; —— Hermann, 220

Pietra-dura, 159

Pigapheta, A., 205–6, 207

Pilaster, 93

Pillow, 12

Pirates, 238

Pitsembourg, The, 146–52

Plantin, Christopher, 101

Plantin-Moretus house, 101–2

Pointed Style, The, 3

Pommes, 275, 276, 277

Porcelain, 116, 117, 177, 181–90, 191,196, 204, 205–8, 210–4, 216–20, 222–8, 231–5, 237, 238–9, 260, 261, 285, 286–7; ——, marks on, 228; ——, Marot’s use of, 278; ——, prices of, 239; —— room, verse on, 278–9

Pordenone, 73

Portugal, trade with, 208–13

Portuguese navigators, 205, 208

Post, Pieter, 170

Pourbus, Peter, 80

Primaticcio, 73

Prince Butler’s Tale, 290–2

Princess Amalia of Solms, 170

Prindale, J. M. H. van, 48, 51

Printing, 64; —— presses, 101–2

Pynackers, The, 221

Quarré, Jean, 117

Queen Anne’s bed, 274, 275, 276

Queen Anne Style, 274, 276, 309

Quellin, Artus, 137–8, 165, 169, 170

Quillyn, Artus. See Quellin

Rabel, Daniel, 167

Raephorst, B. van, 51

Rambouillet, Mme. de, 240

Raphael, 59, 91, 73, 74, 75, 91, 161

Rasch, A., 53

Reasons, The, quoted, 290

Régence period, 270, 300, 306, 309

Regency style, 267

Relai, 11–2

Rembrandt, 143–4, 250; ——, house, furniture and porcelain, 143–4

Renaissance, Dawn of the, 63–7; —— in Flanders, 84; —— furniture, 92–5, 101, 108–17, 139–42; —— ornaments, 92–96

Retables, 48

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 272

Reygensbergh, A., 221

Rheims, 17, 35

Rijks Museum, 61, 62, 110, 124, 129, 147, 154, 160, 162, 164, 171, 172, 175, 250, 252, 261, 267, 313, 319

Richard II., 57

Robbia, Luca della, 91

Robert, Duke of Albany, 57; —— of Sicily, 18

Rocaille, 276, 300, 309

Roelants, John, 62

Roman, The, 19

Romano, Giulio, 59, 73

Rooms, 134–5, 171, 172

Root-wood, 261, 262

Roovere, Sara de, 257

Rost, John, 77

Rozmital, Leo van, 33

Rubens, 131, 132–3, 135–7, 157–8, 203; ——, house of, 132–4; —— pupils of, 136, 137; —— School of, 94

Ruckers, Andreas, 127–8; ——, Andreas the Younger, 128; ——, Christofel, 128; ——, Hans, 125–6; ——, Jean, 126–7

Rugs, 7

Sablière, Marchioness de, 230

Sacerdan. See Sacredaan

Sacredaan-wood, 143, 189, 197, 198, 229, 255, 256, 257, 266, 268

Sadeler, Ægidius, 106, 107

Saffron-pots, 228

Saint-Florent of Saumur, Monastery of, 19; —— Gertrude, Louvain, 77–8; —— Waltrude in Herentals, altar-piece, 5

Salutation angélique, The, 9–10

Salviati, 73

Sambin, Hughes, 85–6

Samedo, quoted, 218–9

Sandom, 53

Sarto, A. del, 73

Schelden, Paul van, 78; ——, Peter van, 78

Scheldein, Jean van der, 122

Schentz, P., 166

School of Fontainebleau, 92; —— of Liège, 306; —— of Lille, 300, 306; —— of Rhine, 25; —— of Rubens, 94

Scent-boxes, 263

Schubler, 301

Serlio, Sebastian, 74, 87, 92

Serviettes, 72

Settle. See Banc

Shah Rukh, 205

Sheldon, William, 77

Ships, Portuguese, 208–9

337Show-rooms, 194, 195–6

Sideboards, 12, 14–5, 201

Sidney, Henry, 239

Silk manufactory, Palermo, 18

Silver, 35, 39–40, 41, 45, 60, 150, 199, 201, 242, 243, 260–1, 269

Singerie, 270, 300. See Monkeys

Shaw’s Travels Through Holland, quoted, 303

Sluter, Nicholas, 47, 49, 50

Smet, Roger de, 53

Smout, Williken, 48

Smuggling, 302

Sopha, The, 273

South Kensington Museum, 24

Soutman, Peter, 165

Spanish Armada tapestry, 157; —— chair, 160–1; —— influence in the Netherlands, 98–9

Spenser, 21

Spierinck, Franz, 77, 157

Spinets, 124, 267

Staete, P. de, 51

Stavelot, 25

Steen, Jon, 250, 252, 253, 254, 327

Steen Museum, The, 88

Steenberch, Adam, 51

Stedelijk Museum, 309

Stoef. See Foot-stove

Stool, 16, 47

Stradan, J., beds by, 109

Stuarts as art connoisseurs, 249, 280

Style, Auricular, 111, 166–7, 300; ——, Chinese, 127, 305 (see Chinoiserie); ——, Classic, 65; ——, Empire, 310; ——, Floris, 102–3; ——, Gothic, 62, 65, 77–8, 82–3, 105, 108, 133; ——, Henri II., 83; ——, —— Louis Quatorze, 270 272; —— Louis Quinze, 270, 300, 301, 306, 309; ——, Marot, 267; ——, Pointed, 3; ——, Queen Anne, 224, 276, 309; —— Refugié, 272–3, 284; ——, Regency or Régence, 267; —— Rubens, 132, 136, 142, 165; ——, William and Mary, 274

Sultan Bajazet, 36–7

Sumptuary Laws, 288

Sybrandszoon, Diderik, 83

Table in Utrecht Museum, 310

Tables, 7, 15, 111–2, 141–2, 266, 277–8; Table-bell, 268; —— -carpet, 263; —— -cover, 263; —— and trestles, 53

Taillebert, V., 122

Tapestry, Tapestries, 6, 17–8. 19–22, 36–7, 39, 44, 53–9, 69–70, 72–7, 100–1, 154–8, 304–5. See Leather. —— weavers, 19–21, 57–9, 156–7, 304

Tapisserie. See Tapestry

Tea, 204, 226, 230; ——, afternoon, 229–30; —— buffet, 228; ——, Dutch poet on, 230; —— pots, 228; —— room, 227–9; —— sets, 228; —— table, 228

Tenières, 156

Teniers, 156, 250, 254

Terburg, 250, 253

Terme, 94

Tetzel, quoted, 33

Textiles, 18, 292–3

Theophilus, 23

Theorbo, 129

Thornhill, Sir James, 276

Thuys, J., 166

Tiles, 179, 180

Titian, 73, 161

Toilet-table, 262–3

Tournay, 20, 21, 25, 32

Toys, 173–4, 176, 242, 244, 321

Trade with the East, 64, 207, 208, 213, 214–20, 226, 237–8, 287, 288–92, 299; —— and Navigation of Great Britain Considered, 302, 303

Travellers, 205; —— in Holland, quoted, 183–7

Trekschuyt, The, 322

Trestles, 7, 53

Trèves, 39

Troost, Cornelis, 301

Trundle-bed, 266

Trunk, 12

Tulips, 204

Turquet, Pierre, 53

Turkey-work, 243

Tverff, J. van der, 165

Unteutsch, F. 166

Upholstery, 234, 274

Utrecht Museum, 173, 310; ——, Peace of, 310

Valance, 245

Valenciennes, looms, 58

Valentin d’Arras, 59

Van Dyck, 157

Van Eycks, The, 54, 55, 58

Van Varick, Mrs., possessions, 241–6, 260; ——, toys of, 176

Van Loo, 305

Varnish-tree, 296

Vasari, quoted, 75–6

Vases, 278

Velasquez, 161

Venice, 23, 27, 64, 208

Venetian glass, 117, 264, 265

Verberckt, Jacques, 306

Verbrugghen, Peter, 138

Verdures, 156

338Verhagen, 221

Vermay, Jan, 76

Vernis Martin, 298

Veronese, Paul, 73

Verrio, 282

Versailles, 272, 306

Vestibule, 179

Vigarny, P., 52

Villain, Jehan, 61

Vilvorde Church, 139

Vinckboons, Philip, 169, 171

Viol da gamba, 129

Violet-wood, 268

Virginals, 126, 127

Vischer, G., 166;

Visscher, Roemer, quoted, 264

Vlaenders, Jan, 51

Voeren, G. van der, 62

Voorhuis, The, 179, 194, 227, 257

Voyeuse, 113

Vriendt, Cornelius de, 102; ——, Floris de, 102

Vries, Hans Vredemann de, 94, 95, 103–6, 109, 141, 142, 165, 203; ——, Paul de, 104, 120

Vrij, De, 255

Vroom, H. C. de, 157

Waydere, M. de, 78

Wall-cabinets, 115

Walnut, 84, 158, 268

Wars of the Roses, 64

Washing of linen, 318

Watches, 267

Watervliet, Van, 89

Watteau, 300, 305

Waulsort, 25

Waydere, M. de, 78

Weenix, 250, 254

Wernier, 304

Werve, Nicholas van de, 47, 50

Westerhem, J. de, 39

Westerhen, Roger, 48

Weyden Roger, van der, 55

Wilhelmina, 170

William III. of England, 231, 273, 279, 297; —— and Mary Style, 274

Willow Plate, 287

Windebank, Sir F., 127

Window-seats, 11

Windows, glass, 118; ——, painted, 181

Winter, Antony, 166

Wood-carvers, 50–3, 62; —— -carving, 2, 6, 7, 49, 78, 122, 138, 146; —— -work, 8, 11–2. See Panelling

Woods, 257, 268; ——, exotic, 158

Work-boxes, 263

Workmen, 8, 28

Workum, 318

Wren, Sir Christopher, 280, 282

Ypres, 32; ——, looms, 58; ——, St. Martin’s, 122

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