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
Quinze 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.
Soubise, 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
Wall 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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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
1. Changed “feet long” to “feet wide” on p. 78.
2. Changed “dairy” to “diary” on p. 112.
3. Silently corrected typographical errors.
4. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.
5. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.
6. Superscripts are denoted by a carat before a single superscript
character or a series of superscripted characters enclosed in
curly braces, e.g. M^r. or M^{ister}.
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