INDEX
Reading edition
383
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
384——, 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
385—— (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
386Chambers, 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
387Cressent, 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
388——, 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
389——, 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
390Loir, 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
391Orleans, 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
392Quinze 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.
393Soubise, 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
394Wall 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
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