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The Pleasures of Collecting

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A Abacænum, site of, 279 Abaquesne, 203 Abbas the Great, Shah of Persia, 234 Abondio, Antonio, 70 Adam, Robert, 168 Adam, the brothers, 138 Africanus, glass-worker, 220 Agathopus, gem-engraver, 291 Albi, Council of, 59 Aldus Manutius, 282 Alexander the Great, 291 Amenophis, King of Egypt, 218 Ancona, Italy, 153 Andrieni, art-forger, 301 Angelini, 129 Anne, Queen of England, 118 Apollonides, gem-engraver, 291 Ashberry metal, 58 Ashworth, 149 Aspasios, gem-engraver, 291 Athenion, gem-engraver, 291 auctions, art, 11, 12, 13, 98, 118, 120 Avignon, 200 B Baccarat, France, 226 Bacon, John, 129 Barber, Edwin Atlee, 225 Barberini Vase, 130 Barbosa, Odoardo, 44 Bartolozzi, F., 131 basse taille enamels, 181 Bassiano, art-forger, 300 Bastille, 208 Beauclerk, Lady Diana, 129 Beaufort, Duke of, 168 Belli, Valerio, medallist, 283 Benoit, Antonio, 70, 71 Bernardi, medallist, 283 Bibliography, 305 Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris, 14, 182, 199 Birdwood, 232 Boethos, gem-engraver, 291 Bolsover, Thomas, 146, 147, 148 bombé front, 112 bookcase, Charles Lamb’s, 27; bureau, 107 Boston Tea-Party, 30, 32 Botticelli, Sandro, 108 Boulton, 149 Bow, England, 46 Bragg, gem-engraver, 296 Brenner, Victor D., 284 Brinkley, Captain, 267 Bristol glass-works, 87 Britannia metal, 55, 58 Brogniart, 171 Brougham, Lord, 3 Bunsai, 252 Burch, gem-engraver, 296 bureau, 107, 111; -bookcase, 107 Burnet, Bishop, 31 Bushell, Dr. S. W., 239, 242 C cabriole legs, 21, 137 Cadman, Roberts &, 150 Carlyle’s table, Thomas, 27 Camberwell, England, 31 cameo gem-engraving, 237 Canton, 250, 257 Castel Durante, 216 Cavino, Giovanni del, 300 Caylus, Comte de, 15 Cellini, Benvenuto, 191, 201, 273, 282, 295 Cesati, medallist, 283 Ceylon, antiques of, 232 Chaffers, William, 211 chairs, 77-83; Windsor, 78 Champlevé enamel, 179 Chang Ying-wen, Chinese art-critic, 249 Charles I of England, 15; II of England, 34, 105 Charlotte, Queen of England, 118 Chelsea ware, 115-118, 124 Ch’ien Lung, Emperor of China, 243 china-mending, 130 Chinese porcelains, 238-245 Chinese Taste, 48 chintz, 42-50, 137 Chippendale, Thomas, 30; chairs, genuine, 82 Cipriani, 131 Cliffords Inn, Pewter Exhibition, 52 Chosroes, jeweled cup of, 182 cloisonné enamels, 179, 262, 267; Chinese, 262; Japanese, 262; relief, 179 Clouet, François, 70 Cluny, Musée de, 196 cup-plates, 36-41 Coomaraswamy, Ananda, 232, 236 Colin, 189 Constantine the Great, 293 Corniole, Giovanni della, 295 Consoles, 164; English, 166; American, 166 cotton-printing, 48 cottons, printed, 137 couch, 135 Court, Jean, 188 Courtoys, 188 coverlets, hand-woven, 74-76 Cowper, 134 Crown of St. Stephen, 182 Cumberland County, New Jersey “Tea-Parties,” 30 Cumberland, Duke of, 118 D Dalmazzioni, 129 Dante, 211 Dartmoor, England, 163 Davaere, 129 Davenport ware, blue, 41 day-bed, 135 Della Robbia, Luca, 201, 211 Delft, English, 105; Dutch, 98-105; Lambeth, 103; modern, 102 Derby, 120 Deruta, Italy, maiolica of, 214 desk furniture, early, 106-114 De Tabley, Lord, 64 De Thou, 15 Devonshire, Duke of, 296 Dexamenos, gem-engraver, 291 diamond, 260 Didier, Martin, 188 Dioskourides, gem-engraver, 291 Dobson, Austin, 16 Dōnin, Hirata, Japanese armorer, 275 Drake, Francis S., 32 Dresden porcelain, influence of, 122 Drinking-glasses, English, 84-93 Dupré, Guillaume, 70 Du Simitière, 49 E East India Company, 34 Écouen, Château de, 207 Edenton Tea-Party, 30 Edward I of England, 59 Eley, 70 Eliot’s chair, George, 27 Elizabeth, Queen, 296 Elkington, Messrs, 150 Ellis, 149 Embroideries, petit point, 95; Stuart, 94-97; Opus Anglicanum, 96 Empire Style, American, 140; English, 140 enamelers, Byzantine, 186, 263; Celtic, 264; Chinese, 262; Japanese, 187, 268; Lombardic, 187 enamels, brass taille, 181; champlevé, 179, 264; Chinese, 262; cloisonné, 178; encrusted, 182; Gothic, 187; Greek, 263; grisaille, 188; Indian, 264; Japanese, 267; Limoges, 264; painted, 264; plique à jour, 182; relief cloisonné, 179; repoussé, 180, 264; Russian, 182; Venetian, 183 Epitynchanos, gem-engraver, 291 escritoires, 107 Evans, Arthur, 288 Evelyn’s Diary, 84 F Federigo, Duke of Urbino, 215 Ferrara, 215 Flanagan, John, 284 Flaxman, John, 129 Fondi, Pietro, art-forger, 301 Fontana, Annibale, 283; Orazio, 216 Fontenay, Julien de, gem-engraver, 295 Fortnum, C. D. E., 212, 214, 215 France, Anatole, 3, 198 Francia, Francesco, 281, 282 Francis I of France, 295 François, Réné, 223 Franklin, Allegory of, 49 Franks, Sir A. W., 302 Fraser, James Earle, 284 fraudulent art, 299 Frederick II of Prussia, 118 fuchi, 273 Fuchow, 250 furniture, early desk, 106-114; lounging, 134-145 Fushimi, Japanese armorer, 274 G Gambello, art-forger, 300 Gammer Gurton’s Needle, 62 gems, archaic Greek, 288; Cretan, 288; cameo, 237; culminating Greek period, 293; early period, 293; engraved, 286-298; Etruscan, 293; fraudulent, 301; intaglio, 287, 296, 301; Poniatowski, 292, 301; prehistoric, 293; Roman, 293; transitional Greek period, 289 George II of England, 118; III of England, 296 Ghirlandaio, 108 Giorgio, Maestro, 215 Girard, Stephen, 144 glass, American, 224; carved, 258; Chinese, 257; flint, discovery of, 85; mending, 130; millefiore, 88, 218-226; Roman, 220; Venetian, 221, 222, 223 glasses, English-drinking-, 84-93; Leckie Collection of, 82; Jacobite, 90; Williamite, 92 glyptic art, Greek, 292 gomroon, 117 Gonse, Louis, 268 Gosset, Isaac, 70 Goto Yujo, Japanese armorer, 274 Greatback, William, 129 Green, W., & Co., 151 Greenwich Tea-Party, 30 Grew, gem-engraver, 296 Grolier, Jean, 15 Greenland Valleyfield, England, 163 grisaille enamels, 188 Gubbio, Italy, maiolica of, 214, 215 Guidobaldo I, Duke of Urbino, 212 H Hackwood, William, 129 haircloth for sofas, introduction of, 82 Hall & Sons, John, 38 Hamilton, Sir William, 130 Hancock, Joseph, 148 Hardy, Casper, 70 Harte, Dr. Richard H., 71 Havell, 232 Hawksley, 149 hawthorn jars, Chinese, 243 Helbot, 173 Henry III of France, 208; IV of France, 209 Hepplewhite, George, 30, 82, 138 Herakleides, gem-engraver, 291 Hedodotus, 219 Herophilos, gem-engraver, 291 Hirschvogels, the, 203 Hodgkin, Dr. John Eliot, 156, 161 Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 32 Hsūan Tê, Emperor of China, 249 Howell, Frederick H., 34 Hung Wu, Emperor of China, 248 Hunt’s Spectacles, Leigh, 29 Hyllos, gem-engraver, 291 I Incarville, Père d’, 249 India, antiques of, 227-237; enamellers of, 264 intaglio gem-engraving, 287, 296, 301 Island Stones, 289 Iyebori, 274 J Japanese straw marqueterie, 157 Jarman, art-forger, 302 Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 120, 220 Jones, R., 43 Josephine, Empress of France, 292 Julius II, Pope, 281 K Kaufmann, Angelica, 141 Kipling, Rudyard, 267 Kyōto, 268, 271 K’ang Hsi, Emperor of China, 242 kashira, 273 Kiuhaka, Koma, 252 Kojiri, 273 Knowles, 99 Kinai, Japanese armorer, 275 Kaneiye, Japanese armorer, 273 Kokatana, 272 Korin, 252 kozuka, 272 kogai, 272 kurikata, 273 Koyetsu, Honnami, 252 L lacquer, Chinese, 246-252; composition, 247; Japanese, 246, 251 Lamartine, 198 Lamb’s bookcase, Charles, 27 La Rochelle, 208 Laudin, Jean, 188, 189 Leader, Tudor &, 149 Leckie Collection of glass, 86 Leoni, Leone, 70 Limoges enamels, 183, 187-189 Limousin, Jean, 189; Léonard, 189 Li Shi-chin, Chinese physician, 256 Lister, Dr. Martin, 116 Liverpool, England, 163 Lounging furniture, 134-145 love-seat, 135 M MacMonnies, Frederick, 284 mahogany, 22, 117 maiolica, Italian, 102, 210-217 Majorca, Island of, 211 Manship, Paul, 284 Marchant, gem-engraver, 296 Marie Antoinette, 246 Mariette, Pierre Jean, 15 “Marius the Epicurean,” 27 marks, Sheffield Plate, 151; on Chelsea, 123; on Chinese porcelains, 244; on Derby-Chelsea, 123; on Italian maiolica, 211; pewter, 59; Sèvres, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176 Marlborough, 296 Martin, 232 Marqueterie, Straw, 153 Mayenne, Duc de, 208 Massé, Welch, 52 Mazarin, Cardinal, 15 medallic art, 278-285 medals, 278-285; care of, 284; cast, 283; struck, 283 Medici, Catherine de’, 208; Lorenzo de’, 14; Piero de’, 14 mending glass, pottery and porcelain, 130 menuki, 273 Michelangelo, 299 Micheletto, gem-engraver, 295 millefiore glass, 88 Mitsutsune, Japanese armorer, 273 Montmorency, Constable de, 202 Morris, William, 46 Mountstephen, George, 70 Mundy, Ethel Frances, 72 Murano, Italy, 222 Museums, British, 45, 281; Cluny, 196; Dresden, 207; Louvre, 196, 246; Metropolitan 126, 196; Nazionale, 282; Pennsylvania, 224; Sèvres, 196; Victoria and Albert, 196, 266; Wallace, 196 Mycenæ, 288 Mykon, gem-engraver, 291 N Nîmes, 200; Council of, 59 nanakoji, 274 Nassaro, Matteo, gem-engraver, 295 Natsuo, Kano, Japanese armorer, 276 Nero, 12, 220 Nikandrus, gem-engraver, 291 Nobuiye, Miochin, Japanese armorer, 274 “Nollekens, Life of,” 120 Norman Cross, England, 160, 162 Nuremberg, 203 O Ognissanti, Church of the, 108 Okakura-Kakuzo, 239 Old Ford, England, 46 Onesus, gem-engraver, 291 Opus Anglicanum, 96 Orange, William of, 99 Osaka, Japan, 272, 275 P Pacetti, 129 Palissy, Bernard, 191-209, 302; Mathurin, 208; Nicolas, 208 Palissy ware, imitations of, 302 Paléologue, M., 250 Palazzo Venezia, Rome, 281 Pamphilos, gem-engraver, 291 paper-weights, glass, 226 Paracelsus, 199 Passeri, 213 Pastonino, medallist, 70, 284 Pater, Walter, 27 Paul II, Pope, 281 Pegge, Mr., of Beauchief, 147 Pepys’s Diary, Samuel, 38 Pénicaud, Jean, 188, 189 Penn’s Treaty With the Indians, William, 49 Pennsylvania Dutch, 22 Peterborough, 162 Percy, S., 70, 71 Persia, antiques of, 227-237 Pesaro, Italy, 213 petit point embroideries, 95 Petrarch, Francesco, 9, 10 Petronius, 12, 220 pewter, 51-52; care of, 60; composition of, 55; exhibition at Cliffords Inn, 52; marks, 59 Pewterers’ Company, London, 53; French, 53 Phyfe, Duncan, 24, 25 Phædrus, 299 Philadelphia Tea-Party, 30 Philostratus, 185 Pisano, medallist, 283 Pliny, 69, 218, 297, 299; the Younger, 9, 11, 12 plique à jour enamels, 263 Polycrates, 290 Pompadour, Madame de, 15, 246 Ponset, 189 Poniatowski gems, 292, 301 Pope, Alexander, 29 porcelain, Chelsea, 170; Chinese, 48, 235, 238-245; Derby, 170; Dresden, 170; hard, 173; imitation Sèvres, 302; influence of Sèvres, 122; mending, 130; Sèvres, 170-177; Vincennes, 117; Worcester, 170 Portables, 167 Portland, Duchess of, 131; Duke of, 131; Vase, 130 Pottery, mending, 230; Persian, 234 Prisoners of War, 160 Proculus of Perinthus, 222 Protarchos, gem-engraver, 291 Q Queen Anne, 118 R Raphael, 212 Raphael ware, 212 “Rariora,” 156 Ravenna, Holy, 215 Raymond, Pierre, 189 Renan, 10 Repoussé enamels, 180; oriental, 181 Richmond-on-Thames, 46 Rentons, gem-engravers, 296 rhus vernicifera, 247 Rimini, Italy, 215 Robbia, Luca della, 201, 211 Roberts & Cadman, 150 Roty, 283 Roubillac, 129 Rouen, France, 203 Ruow, Peter, 70, 71 Russian enamel, 182 S sageo, 273 Saint Cloud faïence, 117 Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 280, 284 Saintonge, France, 200 San Miniato, Florence, 154 Samplers, 61-67 Scarabs, Egyptian, 288 secretaires, 107 settee, 135 Sèvres porcelain, 170-177; imitation, 302; influence on Chelsea, 122 Shakespeare, William, 67 Sheffield Plate, 146-152; imitation, 150; modern, 151 Sheraton, 167 Sheraton, Thomas, 139 Smith, Joachim, 70 Smith, Vincent, 232 snuff-bottles, 253 sofas, 135; introduction of haircloth for, 82 Solon, gem-engraver, 291 Soleyman, Arab chronicler, 239 spectacles, Leigh Hunt’s, 29 Sprimont, Nicholas, 119 St. Bartholomew’s Eve, Massacre of, 208 St. Louis, Alsace-Lorraine, 226 St. Stephen, Crown of, 182 Stapleton, England, 163 Stothard, Thomas, 129 Stevenson & Williams, Ralph, 39 Still, John, 62 Straw Marqueterie, 153-163; Japanese, 157; Italian, 161; French, 162 Strawberry Hill, 7, 16, 98, 120 Stuart embroideries, 94-97 Stubbs, George, 129 Subbs, Joseph, 39 Stubbe’s “Anatomy of Abuses,” 61 Suetonius, 13 sword-guards, Japanese, 270-277; styles of, 276 Symbolism, Chinese, 260 T Tables, American, 18-25 tambour-top, 11 Tassie, James, 127, 129 Tate, Nahum, 33 Taylor, John, 65 tea and antiquity, 26-35 “Tea-Leaves,” 32 Templetown, Lady, 129 textiles, Persian, 233 Thi, Queen of Egypt, 219 Thackeray, William M., 6 Theodorus, 290 Thomas, Isaiah, 31 Thornhill, Sir James, 120; tiles, Persian, 236 Tōkyō, 268, 271 Toutin, 189 Tsao Ch’ao, 248 tsuba, 270-277; styles of, 276 Tsunekechi, Kaji, 268 Tu, Chinese poet, 239 Tudor & Leader, 149 Tuileries, 14; Gardens of the, 208 U Umetada, Japanese armorer, 274 Urbino, Italy, 213, 215 V Vasari, Giorgio, 72, 279, 295 Vase, Barberini, 130; Portland, 58 Venetian enamels, 183 Venice, St. Mark’s, 180 Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 159, 182 Vigier (Jean Court), 188 Vincennes, soft porcelain of, 117 Vinci, Leonardo da, 201 Voltaire, 15 W wakizashi, 273 Wallace-Dunlop, M. A., 221 Waller, 31 walnut, 82 Walpole, Horace, 7, 16, 98, 115, 116, 119, 122 Walters, Dr., 289 Walton, Isaac, 3 Washington, George, 71, 72; allegory of, 49; apotheosis of, 49; Trumbull’s portrait of, 49 Watkins, 118 wax portraits, 68-73 Webber, 129 Wedgwood, Josiah, 125, 126, 131 Wedgwood ware, 8, 125-129; designers, 129; marks, 129; medallions, 127 Weigall, gem-engraver, 296 willow-pattern, 40 Wilson, Joseph, 147 Wilson, 149 woodblock printing, chintz, 45 Wright, 150 Wright, Joseph, 71, 72; Patience, 71, 72 Wu Tao-tzu, Chinese painter, 253 Y Yamakichi, Iranken, Japanese armorer, 274 Yokohama, 268 Yoxall, Sir James, 3 Yung Cheng, Emperor of China, 241

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