INDEX

A

Angelo di Lazzero, of Arezzo, 19

Anselmo de' Fornari, 77-78

Antique inlaid furniture, 2, 3, 6 (note)

Antonio da Melaria, 35

Antonio di Minella, of Siena, 10

Antonio Manetti, 19

Antonio Paolo Martini, 13

Assisi, 10, 46

—— Stalls of the Upper church of S. Francesco, 46

Arezzo, S. Agostino and S. Michele, 41

Augsburg work, 85, 90

B

Baccio Albini, 40

Baccio d'Agnolo, 42-43

Barck, Klaus, 88

Barili, Antonio, of Siena, 37, 38, 39

—— —— Panel in K.K. Museum at Vienna, 37, 38

—— —— description of Chapel of S. Giovanni, Siena, 39, 40, 41

—— Giovanni, 39

Bartolommeo Poli, surnamed dalla Polla, 35, 36

Beck, Sebald, 84

Belli, Giovanni and Alessandro, 73

Bencivieni da Mercatello da Massa, Antonio di, 46-51

Benedetto da Majano, Vasari's story of the reason of his giving up working in tarsia, 20

Bergamo, Choir of S. Maria Maggiore, 79, 80

—— Tassi's account of, 80

—— Stalls in church of S. Stefano, 76

Bernardo di Tommaso di Ghigo, 19

Bernardino da Lendinara, 32

Brescia, Lectern from Rodengo in

Galleria Tosi, 64

Bologna, S. Domenico tarsie, by Fra Damiano, 70, 73, 75

—— Sabba Castiglione's account, 74, 75

—— Stalls in S. Giovanni in Monte, 66

—— S. Michele in Bosco, stalls now in S. Petronio, 65, 66

—— S. Petronio, 36

Boulle, André Charles, 96, 97

—— Works by him, 97, 98, 99

Boulle, Pierre, 75-96

C

Canozio, of Lendinara, Lorenzo Genesino, 29

Capo di Ferro of Lodi, Zinino and Pietro, 80

Capo di Ferro of Lovere, Giovanni Francesco, 73, 79

Capra, Gabriel and Domenico, 54

Chapel of Palace, Siena, 13

Cecca, Il (Francesco d'Agnolo), 23, 24

Certosa, Pavia, 35

Cervelliera, Giovanni Battista, 22

Character of German inlays of late 16th Century, 85

Coburg, Hornzimmer, 86

Cornier, Conrad, 88

Cost of choir of S. Domenico, Bologna, 73

Cost of the stalls in Ferrara Cathedral, 34

Cost of stalls, Cathedral Orvieto, 10

Cremona, church of S. Sigismond, outside, 54

Cypress chest of 1350 in Victoria and Albert Museum, 104

D

Daniello di Neri Martini, 13

Danzig Sommerrathstube, 86

David of Pistoia, 41

Del Tasso, arms of the family, 24

—— Chimenti di Domenico, 26

—— Chimenti di Francesco, 25

—— Domenico, 19, 25, 26

—— Francesco, 27

—— Francesco di Domenico, 24

—— Giambattista called Maestro Tasso, 27, 28

—— Lionardo, 25

—— Marco, 26

—— Zanobi, 25

Della Rocca, Andrea and Elia, 77, 78

Designs for intarsia made by Painters, 121

De' Marchi, Pantaleone, stalls in Museum at Berlin, 36

Domenico da Gajuolo, 42

Domenico di Mariotto, 21

Domenico di Nicolò of Siena, 10, 11

Domenico Tassi of Florence, 17

Dreyer, Hans and Jürgen, of Schleswig, 87

Dutch work, characteristics of, 92

E

Eck, Adam, 85

Elfen, brothers, of S. Michael, Hildesheim, 84

Escurial, rooms in, decorated with inlays, 86

Evers, Antonia, master of joiners' guild at Lübeck, 86

F

Ferrara, stalls in Cathedral, 33

Fischer, N., and Johann Georg of Munich, 85

Florence, 16, 18

—— stalls at S. Maria Novella, 42

—— stalls at S. Miniato, 42

—— tarsia in sacristy of the Cathedral, 18, 19

Flotner, Peter, 89

Folding seat of 14th century, 84

Fra Antonio Asinelis, 73

Fra Antonio da Lunigiano, Dominican, 73

Fra Antonio da Viterbo, Dominican, 76

Fra Bernardino, Dominican, 73

Fra Damiano of Bergamo, 69-76, 79

Fra Damiano of Bergamo, the Emperor Charles V., and the Duke of Ferrara, 70, 71, 72

Fra Giovanni da Verona, 17, 57, 63

Fra Raffaello da Brescia, 63, 64

Fra Sebastian da Rovigno, 56, 57

Fra Vincenzo da Verona, called dalla Vacche, 67

Francesco di Lorenzo, Zambelli, 73, 77

Francesco Manciatto, 42

Francione, Il (Giovanni di Matteo di Firenze), 21

French Cabinets of 17th Century, 95, 96

G

Genoa, stalls in Cathedral, 77, 78

Geri of Arezzo, 41

German intarsiatori of 16th and 17th Century, 84, 85

Gilling Castle, near Wakefield, inlays, 93

Giovanni di Filippo da Fiesole, 45

Giovanni de Grassi (Giovanni de Melano), 14

Giovanni di Lodovico di Magno of Siena, 10

Giovanni Michele de Pantaleone, 77

Giovanni del Mulinella of Florence, 17

Giovanni Piccardo, 77

Giovanni di Ponteranica and his four sons, 80

Giovanni di Ser Giovanni detto Scheggione, 19

Giovanni Talini of Siena, 10

Girolamo della Cecca, 40

Giuliano di Salvatore, 21

Giusto di Francesco of Incisa, 45

Glastonbury Hall, Staircase, 94

Gole, Pierre, 92

Gottlieb, Conrad, 86

Gottorp, Castle of, Prince's prayer chamber in, 87

Gubbio, tarsia in study of Duke Guidobaldo, 52, 53

Guido da Seravallino, 21

Guido di Torino, 13

Guild of Painters, Siena, 16

H

Hans Schieferstein's Cabinet at Dresden, 90

Hardwick Hall, furniture at, 93

Herle, Simon, 86

Heywood Sumner, paper at Royal Institute of British Architects, 129, 130

I

Imitative processes, straw, wax, painting in Indian ink, &c., 129, 130, 131

Inlaid work, Greek and Latin names for, 3

—— woods used for, by the ancients, 3, 5, 6 (note)

—— wood, cost of, in ancient times, 4

Inlaying, antiquity of, 2

Innsbruck, Hofkirche, 86

Intarsia, derivation of, 1

Invention of stains for wood, by Fra Giovanni da Verona, 18

Ivory or metals in intarsia, 124, 125

J

Jacopo da Villa, 21

Joiners' tools, priced list of Perugian of 1496, 47, 48

K

Kellerthaler, Hans, of Dresden, 85

Kiening, Isaac, of Frissen, 91

Kraus, Hans, marqueteur du roi, 94

L

Lavoro alla Certosa, or tarsia alla Certosina, 9

Leipzig Museum, Cabinet in, 91

Lendinara, Cristophano d' Andrea da, 21

Limitations of the art of intarsia, 122, 123

Loblein, Sixtus, of Landshut, 91

Lodi, Stalls in S. Bernardino, by Fra Giovanni da Verona, 63

Louvre, 4 panels from S. Benedetto Novella, Padua, of Fra Vincenzo dalla Vacche, 68

Lübeck, Kriegs Stube, 86

Lucca, panels in sacristy of Cathedral, by Christoforo da Lendinara, 32

—— Stalls from Cathedral in Pinacotheca, 32

Luchet, M., Excursus on furniture in France, 1867, 113, 114

Lüneburg, Rathsaal, 86

M

Macé, Jean, of Blois, 92-95

Majano, Benedetto da, 19, 20

Majano, Giuliano di Nardo da, 18, 22

—— Leonardo d' Antonio da, 19

Manuello, of Siena, 9

Marchi, of Crema, Family of, 6, 36

Mariotto di Mariotto, of Pesaro, 45

Marquetry, Derivation of, 1

Marti, Leonardo, 32

Masi, Antonio di Antonio, The Fleming, 46

Massari, Andrea, of Siena, 54

Mastei, Antonio, of Gubbio, 53

Mastro Crespolto, of Perugia, 26

Mastro Vanni di Tura dell' Ammanato, Sienese, 10

Matteo di Bernardino, of Florence, 17

Meo di Nuti, of Siena, 10

Michele Spagnuolo, 21

Milan, Cathedral, 15

Minelli, Giovanni and Cristoforo de, 45

Miniatures at Villanova, by Fra Giovanni da Verona, 59

Minnesinger's harp, of 14th Century, 8

Modern French marquetry, 125

Monte Oliveto, 55, 59, 60

Musée Cluny, wire-drawing bench made for Augustus, Elector of Saxony, 91

N

Naples, tarsia by Fra Giovanni da Verona in S. Anna dei Lombardi, 61, 62

Nicolò di Nicoluccio, 10

Nuremberg work in ebony and ivory, 90

O

Œben, J. F., ébeniste du roi, 99

Orvieto, 10, 13

P

Padua, stalls in Church of S. Antonio, account by Matteo Colaccio, 30, 31

Paint and gilding added to intarsia work, 106

Paolo da Pesaro, 80

Parti of Siena, 9

Perugia, 10, 19, 26

—— choir of the Cathedral, 19

—— choir of S. Domenico, 26

—— door in choir of S. Pietro in Casinense by Fra Damiano, 74

—— Sala del Cambio, 26, 46

—— stalls of S. Agostino, 44

Pier Antonio dell 'Abate of Modena, 29

Pietro Antonio of Florence, 17

Pietro di Maffeis, 73

Pietro di Miaella of Siena, 10

Pietro di Rizzardi, 33

Pisa Cathedral, 21, 22, 23

Polimante da Nicola, 26

Pontelli, Baccio, 21

Portuguese decorations with pierced metal plates, 83

Poverty of craftsmen, Domenico del Coro, 10, 12

Preuszen, Hans, carver, 87

R

Realism in intarsia panels, 105

Reasons for beauty in designs, 127

Reggio in Emilia, 35

Relief intarsia or Präger arbeit, 85

Returns made by Sienese craftsman for taxation, 119, 120

Riesener, J. Henry, 99, 100

Roentgen, David, 102, 103

Rome, doors of St. Peter's, by Fra Antonio da Viterbo, 76, 77

Rosenfeldt, Jochim, 87

S

S. Mary Overie, Southwark, parish chest, 93

Sallig, Andreas, 87

San Sevrino, Domenico di, 46

Savona, choir of, Cathedral, 78

Schieferstein, Hans, 85, 90

Scraping and polishing marquetry, operation of, 115, 116

Shading of subjects in marquetry, 112

Siena, 9, 10, 13, 16, 37, 60

Simone d'Antonio of Siena, 13

Sizergh Castle, panelling from, 93

South German Bride chests, 89

South German inlaid Musical Instruments, 88

Spanish inlaid work in Victoria and Albert Museum, 81, 82

T

Taddeo Bartoli's designs for chapel of Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, 11

Tassi, Domenico of Florence, 17

Tasso, Maestro, his practical joke on the Benedictine Abbot, 28

Technical description from German book of 17th century, 106

Thickness of veneers in the market, 112

Tommaso di Ceccolo, 10

Tonbridge ware, 9

To stain ivory blue, 144

To stain ivory green, 144

To stain ivory orange, 142

To stain ivory purple, 143

To stain ivory various kinds of red, 142, 143

To stain ivory yellow, 142

To stain wood black, 138, 139

To stain wood blue, 140

To stain wood green, 141

To stain wood pink, 137

To stain wood purple, 137, 138

To stain wood red, 135, 136, 137

To stain wood silver grey, 141

To stain wood yellow, 133, 134

U

Uhr, Herman, 87, 88

Ulriksdal Castle, doors of drinking room, 92

Union of the crafts in one guild, 14

Urbino, tarsia in palace of Frederic of Montefeltro, 49, 50, 51

Use of mother-of-pearl, ivory, tortoiseshell, silver, &c., 54

V

Vasari's opinion of tarsia, 17

Veneering, operation of, 108

Veneers for marquetry, thickness of, 109, 110

Venice, Sacristy of S. Elena, 57, 58

Venice, tarsia in Sacristy of S. Mark's, 67, 68, 69

Verona, Sacristy of S. Anastasia, 10

Volthurn Castle, near Brixen, 90

Von Soest, Albert, 86

Vordt, 92

Vriese, Vriedemann, 86

W

Wallace Collection, Cabinet by Claude Charles Saunier, 95

Wallace Collection, Cabinets by Oeben and Riesener, 99, 100

Wallace Collection, jewel box by Conrad Cornier, 88

Webb, Stephen, paper at the Society of Arts, 128

Wegener, Adam, figure cutter, 87

Weiskopf, Wolf, 84

Winkler, Simon, 85

Wood, exceptional scantlings used by the ancients, 6, 7

Woods, combinations of, for marquetry, 111

Woods in use in England for marquetry, 112

—— used by the marqueteurs of Nice, 115

—— used by Riesener, 101

—— used in Barili's panel, 38

—— used in the best period, 106

—— used in stalls, Cathedral, Orvieto, 10

—— used on the Continent for veneers, 111

Z

Zambelli, of Bergamo, Stefano di Antoniuolo de, 46, 73

Zampiero da Padova, 73

Zanetto da Bergamo, 72, 73

Zanetto da Bergamo, 72, 73

FOOTNOTES:

Willam Hodge & Co., Glasgow and Edinburgh

Transcriber's note:

Many of the illustrations had a caption stating 'facing page 1' etc. These were dropped from the captions in this etext. It was also seen as beneficial to avoid splitting the very long paragraphs, so some illustrations are not quite in the same place as in the original book.