[Illustration: PLATE II.
FIG. 1.--Front of Oak Coffer with wrought iron bands. French, 2nd half
of 13th century.
FIG. 2.--English Oak Chest, dated 1637.
FIG. 3.--Italian (Florentine) Coffer of Wood with gilt arabesque
stucco ornament, about 1480.
FIG. 4.--Italian "Cassone" or Marriage Coffer, 13th century. Carved
and gilt wood with painted front and ends.
FIG. 5.--Walnut Table with expanding leaves. Swiss, 17th century.
FIG. 6.--Oak Gate-Legged Table. English, 17th century.
FIG. 7.--Writing Table. French, end of Louis XV. period. Riesener
marquetry, ormolu mounts and Sevres plaques.
FIG. 8.--Painted Satin-Wood Tables, in the style of Sheraton, about
1790.
(The above are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, except Fig. 8, which
were in the Bethnal Green Exhibition, 1892.)]
[Illustration: PLATE III.
1. CARVED OAK SIDEBOARD. English, 17th century. Victoria and Albert
Museum.
2. CARVED OAK COURT CUPBOARD. English, early 17th century. Victoria
and Albert Museum.
3. EBONY CARVED CABINET. The interior decorated with inlaid ivory and
coloured woods; French or Dutch, middle of 17th century. Victoria and
Albert Museum.
4. VENEERED CHEST OF DRAWERS. About 1690. Lent to Bethnal Green
Exhibition by Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane, G.C.B.
5. EBONY ARMOIRE. With tortoise-shell panels inlaid with brass and
other metals, and ormolu mountings. Designed by Berain, and executed
by Andre Boulle. French, Louis XIV. period. Victoria and Albert
Museum.
6. GLASS-FRONTED BOOKCASE AND CABINET. Of mahogany. In the style of
Sheraton, about 1790. Lent to the Bethnal Green Exhibition by the late
Vincent J. Robinson, C.I.E.]
[Illustration: PLATE IV.
1. COMMODE OF PINE. With marquetry of brass, ebony, tortoise-shell,
mother-of-pearl, ivory, and green-stained bone. "Boulle" work with
designs in the style of Berain. French, late period of Louis XIV.
2. COMMODE. With panels of Japanese lacquer and ormolu mountings, in
the style of Caffieri. French, Louis XV. period.
3. TABLE OF KING AND TULIP WOODS. With ormolu mountings. Louis XV.
period.
4. ESCRITOIRE A TOILETTE. Formerly belonging to Marie Antoinette. Of
tulip and sycamore woods inlaid with other coloured woods, ormolu
mounts. Louis XV. period.
5. FOUR-POST BEDSTEAD. Of oak inlaid with bog-oak and holly, from the
"Inlaid Room" at Sizergh Castle, Westmorland. Latter half of sixteenth
century.
6. CARVED AND GILT BEDSTEAD. With blue silk damask coverings and
hangings. French, late 18th century. Louis XVI. period.