N
- Naples Museum, illustration of table at, 205
- Napoleon, his influence on art, 208
- Natoire, 182, 195
- Needlework decorated cabinet, Charles II. period, 112
- Netherlands, Renaissance in, 49
- Netscher, Caspar, illustration after picture by, 111
- Normandy dressers, 103
- Notable examples of sixteenth, century English woodwork, 65
O
- Oak, collectors of, hints to, 103, 118
- —— furniture, the collector's polish for, 118
- —— period, 34
- —— polish, see Glossary, 26
- Oeben, Jean François, 178
- Old oak, polish for, 118
P
- Parquetry, see Glossary, 26
- Passe Crispin de, chair designed by, 159
- Pater, 192
- Penshurst Place, Indo-Portuguese furniture at, 115
- Petworth House, work of Grinling Gibbons at, 121
- Polish, French, 24; oil, 26
- Pollen, J., Hungerford, quotation from, 196
- Pompeii, influence of excavations at, 204, 208, 247
- Ponsonby-Fane, Right Hon. Sir Spencer, specimens in collection of, 101, 224
- Portuguese furniture, late seventeenth century, in England, 114
Q
- Queen Anne cabinet (illustrated), 141
- —— chairs (illustrated), 143
- —— furniture, prices realised at auction, 153
- —— mirror frame (illustrated), 137
- —— settle (illustrated), 149, 155
R
- Raleigh, Sir Walter, mahogany first brought home by, 214
- Récamier, portrait of, by David, 209
- Reeded, see Glossary, 27
- Renaissance, see Glossary, 27
- —— in England, 37, 59-78
- —— in France, 43
- —— in Italy, 41
- —— in the Netherlands, 49
- —— in Spain, 48
- —— on the Continent, 33-55
- —— origin of, 38, 41
- Restored, see Glossary, 27
- —— cupboard showing over-elaboration, 73
- "Restored" pieces, 265
- Revolution in France, vandalism during, 204
- Ribbon-back chair (illustrated), 222
- —— ornamentation adapted from France, 64; (illustrated) 60
- —— pattern, early use of, by French woodcarvers, 92
- Riesener, Jean François, 185, 191, 192, 195, 197, 208
- Robinson, V. J., Esq., C.I.E., furniture belonging to, 219
- Rococo, see Glossary, 27
- Roe, Mr. Frederick, quotation from, 266
- Roentgen, David, 182
S
- Sackville, Lord, early Jacobean furniture in collection of, 86
- St. Paul's Cathedral, work of Grinling Gibbons at, 121
- Secret drawers, 114
- —— drawers, pieces with, 113, 157, 231
- —— drawers, Sheraton's love of, 251
- —— processes to impart age to spurious pieces, 260
- Settee, see Glossary, 27
- —— upholstered, early Jacobean, at Knole, 90
- Settle, see Glossary, 28, 60
- —— Queen Anne style, 145, 149
- Sèvres porcelain as decoration to furniture, 191
- —— porcelain in harmony with furniture, 181
- Shattock, Esq., T. Foster, specimens from collection of, 45
- Shearer, 248
- Sheraton, Thomas, and his style, 209, 241-256
- —— chair (illustrated), 243
- —— mechanical contrivances of his furniture, 251
- —— poverty of, 248;
- his opinion of Chippendale, 248
- Sigerson, Dr., Dublin, specimens from collection of, 157, 206
- Sixteenth-century woodwork, fine example of, 65
- Spain, Renaissance in, 48
- Spanish furniture (illustrated), cabinet, 51; chest, 52
- Spitalfields' velvet for furniture, 147
- —— weaving founded by aliens, 122
- Splat, see Glossary, 28
- Stothard, copy of engraving by, 231, 235
- Strafford, first Earl of, chair with arms of, 94
- Strapwork, see Glossary, 28
- —— borrowed from Flemish designers, 64; illustrated, 61, 68
- —— Elizabethan, 69
- Stretche, Esq., T. E. Price, specimens from collection of, 75, 78, 97, 139, 140
- Stretcher, see Glossary, 28
- —— in chairs, evolution of the, 122
- —— wear given to, by feet of sitters, 100
- Sutton, Thomas, founder of Charterhouse Hospital, 86
- Symonds, John Addington, "The Renaissance in Italy," quoted, 41
T
- Table, gate-leg, see Glossary, 24
- Tapestry factory established at Mortlake, 92
- —— in harmony with furniture, 181
- Tenon, see Glossary, 28
- Terror, Reign of, vandalism during, 204
- Timber split to give figure in surface, 76, 118
- Transition between Gothic and Renaissance, 44, 47, 63
- Turned work, see Glossary, 28
U
V
- Vandyck at the Court of Charles I., 92
- Varnish, oil, composition of, not now known, 119
- —— spirit, a modern invention, 118
- —— Vernis-Martin, see Glossary, 28
- Veneer, see Glossary, 28
- Veneered work, its adoption, 139
- Veneers, woods used as, see Glossary, 29
- Vernis-Martin (Martin's varnish), see Glossary, 28, 182
- Versailles, sums spent upon building, 166; vandalism at, 172, 177
W
- Wallace Collection, illustrations of specimens, at, 163, 171, 181, 183
- Walnut period, 34
- Walnut veneer, Queen Anne period, 139
- Walpole, Horace, 221
- Waring, Messrs., specimens from collection of, 81, 117, 119, 143, 149, 197
- Watteau, 192
- Wedgwood, Josiah, 247
- Wellington, Duke of, collection in possession of, 209
- Welsh dresser, 100
- Westminster Abbey, Henry VII.'s chapel, 63
- William and Mary furniture, prices realised at auction, 130
- Winckelmann, 205
- Woods preferred by Grinling Gibbons, 121
- —— used for delicate carving by foreign schools, 116
- —— used in furniture, see Glossary, 29
- —— with fancy names, 29; botanical names of, 196
- Woodwork, sixteenth century, fine examples of, 65
- Worms, ravages of furniture, 234, 271, 274
- Wren, Sir Christopher, 120
Y
- Yorkshire chairs, 103
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