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French and English furniture / distinctive styles and periods described and illustrated

Chapter 15: INDEX
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The work surveys French and English furniture from the Renaissance onward, devoting a chapter to each recognized period and illustrating characteristic forms, motifs, and interior treatments. It describes seating, beds, chimney-pieces, ceilings, wall decorations and upholstery, and reproduces contemporary designs and inventories to show authentic arrangements. Practical guidance for accurate furnishing and reproduction of period rooms is combined with stylistic analysis, line drawings, and translations of historical authorities, enabling readers to identify distinguishing details and suitable materials for each style.

INDEX

INDEX
  • A
  • Adam, James, 289, 292
  • ——, Robert, 289, 292
  • ——, James and Robert, apartments planned by, 299–303
  • ——, colours used by, 294
  • ——, decorations at Osterley Park, 304–305
  • ——, decorations at Sion House, 301–303
  • ——, dislike of Gothic, 294
  • ——, furniture at Sion House, 297
  • ——, opinion of British architects, 294–296
  • ——, ornaments of the, 298
  • ——, social position of, 291, 292
  • ——, taste of, 294–296
  • Adam style, the, 289, 291, 293–294
  • ——, designers in the, 289–290
  • Adam, William, 292
  • Addison, quotations from, 116–117
  • Æsop’s Fables, 205, 225, 244, 245
  • Ahasuerus, beds of King, 67
  • Alcove, the, 90–91, 154, 353–354
  • —— bed, the, 154, 198–199
  • Amaranth, 63, 68
  • Analysis of Beauty, quotation from, 247–248
  • Ancient furniture, 67
  • Angola, quotations from, 166–167
  • Ante-chamber, first, 168–169
  • ——, second, 169
  • Ante-room (Sheraton), 338
  • Anthemion, definition of, 73
  • Apartment, definition of, 168
  • —— (Louis XV.) 168–169
  • —— (Adams), 299–303
  • Architects in decorative art, 4
  • Architecture, changes in domestic, 114–116
  • —— (Early Georgian), 137–138
  • ——, taste for classic, 135, 138
  • Arm-chair. See Fauteuil.
  • Arm-chairs (Louis XV.), 204–205, 208
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 276, 277–278
  • Armoire (Boulle), 75–76
  • —— (Louis XIII.), 9–10, 17
  • —— (Louis XIV.), 87
  • —— (Louis XV.), 203
  • Arrangement of rooms, (Sheraton), 335
  • Arras, 42
  • Artist decorators (Louis XIII.), 4–5
  • Assyrian furniture, 66
  • Aubert, 164
  • Aubusson tapestry, 205, 277
  • Aumale, apartments of Mlle. d’, 96–97
  • Auricular style, 5
  • Aurora, 68
  • Avril, 267
  • B
  • Babel, 164
  • Babin 164
  • Bachelier, 164, 257
  • Baillon, J. B., 215
  • Ballin, Claude, 66
  • Banc à lit, 80
  • Banquette (Empire), 378
  • Banquettes, (Louis XV.), 204
  • Barjier Chairs, 316
  • Bason-stands, (Chippendale), 241
  • Bathroom, (Louis XV.), 183–184
  • Bazanne, 280
  • Beaufait, 130–131
  • Beauvais, 257, 263, 277
  • Bed, alcove, 154, 198–199
  • ——, Mlle. d’Aumale’s, 78
  • ——, à bateau, 375
  • ——, camp, 355
  • ——, Chinese, 228–229
  • ——, couch, 230–231
  • ——, Cromwell’s, 55
  • ——, duchess, 355
  • ——, field, 154, 229, 318–319, 355
  • ——, French, 352
  • ——, Gothic, 228
  • ——, Hogarth, 152
  • ——, Lafayette’s, 376
  • —— (Louis XIII.), 19
  • ——, Madame de Maintenon’s, 78
  • ——, Marie Leczinska’s, 196
  • ——, by Marot, 120–121
  • ——, Mazarin’s, 77–78
  • ——, Mme. de Pompadour’s, 187–188
  • ——, press, 319
  • ——, (Queen Anne), 120–121
  • ——, rhymes about the, 56
  • ——, by Schübler, 199
  • ——, shell-shaped, 376
  • ——, sofa, 355–356
  • ——, tent, 229
  • ——, truckle, 56
  • ——, Tudor, 55–56
  • ——, of Ware, Great, 55
  • ——, see Lit
  • ——, curtains (Jacobean), 57–58
  • Bedroom, description by Shakespeare, 53–54
  • —— (Early Georgian), 154, 155
  • —— (Empire), 373
  • ——, furniture (Jacobean), 58
  • —— (Jacobean), 54–55
  • ——, Mme. de Pompadour’s, 186–189
  • ——, spangled, 55
  • Bedrooms (Louis XV.), 170–171, 183, 185–186
  • Beds (Chippendale), 227–231
  • —— (Directoire), 368, 375
  • —— (Early Georgian), 153–154
  • —— (Empire), 375–376
  • —— (Heppelwhite), 317–319
  • —— (Jacobean), 56–57
  • —— (Louis XIII.), 19–29
  • —— (Louis XIV.), 76–80
  • —— (Louis XV.), 185–186, 189–190, 193–194, 196–200
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 267–270
  • ——, patriotic, 368
  • —— (Sheraton), 351–356
  • ——, sofa, 267
  • Bellicart, 257
  • Beneman, 262, 267
  • Bérain, Jean, 66, 68, 73, 84
  • Bergère (Empire), 378
  • ——, fauteuil (Louis XVI.), 278
  • ——, en gondole, 378
  • —— (Louis XV.), 208
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 279
  • —— (Sheraton), 362
  • Bernard, 166
  • Berquin, 252
  • Bertren, 257, 263
  • Biennais, 370
  • Billiard room, 176
  • Bimont, quotation from, 196
  • Blanchard, 165
  • Blenheim, Pope’s satire on, 138
  • Blondel, 164
  • ——, quotation from, 174–177
  • Boffrand, Germain, 164, 178
  • Bombé form, 74
  • Bonheur du jour, 214
  • Bonnes grâces, 20, 89–90
  • Bookcase (Chippendale), 241–242
  • —— (Heppelwhite), 325–326
  • —— (Louis XV.), 213
  • Book of Designs in Cabinet and Chair-Work, 224
  • Bosse, Abraham, 4, 7, 9, 19, 60
  • Bouchardon, 164
  • Boucher, 164
  • Boucher, J. F., fils, 257, 261
  • Boudin, 166
  • Boudoir, 177–178
  • —— (Louis XV.), 180–181, 184–185
  • Boulanger, 257
  • Boulle, André Charles, 66, 74
  • ——, clocks, 88
  • ——, furniture, 74–76
  • Bourgogne, Duc de, clock of, 215
  • Boyle, Richard, 135
  • Brackets (Chippendale), 244
  • —— (Sheraton), 360–361
  • Braids (Empire), 379
  • —— (Louis XV.), 201, 205
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 277
  • Brass mounts (Chippendale), 227
  • Bridgman, 136
  • Brisseux, 164
  • Breakfast-room, 338–339
  • British architects, Adam on, 294–296
  • Bufet, 130–131
  • Buffet (Queen Anne), 130–131
  • —— (Louis XV.), 169–170
  • —— (Sheraton on), 350
  • ——, credence, 10
  • Buontalenti, Bernardo, 17
  • Bureau (Jacobean), 59
  • ——, Mme. de Gaudry’s, 85
  • ——, Mme. de Maintenon’s, 85
  • ——, Duchess of Orleans’s, 85
  • ——, Duke of Orleans’s, 85
  • ——, cylinder, 212
  • ——, à la Kaunitz, 212
  • ——, Louis XV.’s, 212–213
  • ——, table (Louis XV.), 212
  • Bureau. See Desk
  • Bureaux (Louis XVI.), 275
  • Burjair, 208
  • Burlington, Earl of, 135, 137
  • Burlington House, Piccadilly, 137
  • Buroe dressing-tables (Chippendale), 239
  • C
  • Cabinet, 10, 172
  • —— (Jacobean), 49–50
  • —— (Louis XIV.), 87–88
  • —— (Louis XV.), 182
  • —— (Queen Anne), 128
  • ——, en niche, 175
  • ——, à la Poudre, 202
  • Cabinet des Modes, furniture in, 284–285
  • Cabinet Dictionary, The, 331
  • Cabinet-maker’s Real Friend and Companion, The, 224
  • Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, The, 331
  • Cabinet-maker, Upholsterer and General Artists’ Encyclopædia, 331
  • Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer’s Guide, The, 309–310
  • Cabinet-makers, Arms of English, 120
  • Cabinet-makers (Louis XV.), 165–166
  • Cabinet-makers (Louis XVI.), 267
  • Cabinet-making, books on, 223–224
  • Cabinets, 12–17
  • —— (Louis XIV.), 87–88
  • —— (Louis XIII.), 12
  • —— (Queen Anne), 128
  • ——, à portes, 15
  • Cabriole chair, 314
  • Cabriolet, the, 204
  • —— (Louis XV.), 205
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 276
  • Caffieri, Jacques, 165
  • ——, bras de lumière by, 194–195
  • ——, commodes by, 202
  • Calembour wood, 127
  • Callimanco, 58
  • Camaïeux, 204
  • Camlet, 154
  • Campbell, 295, 296
  • Canapé confident, 209
  • —— (Louis XIV.), 81–82
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 278–279
  • —— (Meissonier), 209
  • ——, Pommier, 378
  • Canapé. See sofa
  • Candelabra (Louis XIII.), 34
  • Candlestands (Chippendale), 245
  • —— (Heppelwhite), 322
  • Candlesticks (Jacobean), 45
  • —— (Louis XV.), 212
  • —— (Sheraton), 360
  • Cane, 334
  • Caning, Sheraton on, 362
  • Canterbury, the, 351–352
  • Cantonnière, 89
  • Canuc, 165
  • Carlin, 267
  • Carpet (Sheraton), 338
  • ——, bedside, 58
  • ——, foot, 44
  • ——, table, 52
  • Carter, J., 290
  • Cartouche (Louis XIII.), 8
  • Carving, 38, 39
  • Case-of-drawers, 49, 59, 154
  • ——, double, 154
  • Causerie, 270
  • Cauvet, 257, 262, 263
  • Cavendish, quotation from, 46
  • Caylus, 164
  • Ceiling (Sheraton), 335–336
  • Ceilings, Ware on, 139, 140, 141
  • Celadon, 253
  • Celleret (Heppelwhite), 322
  • —— (Sheraton), 349
  • Chair, cabriole, 314
  • ——, conversation, 363
  • —— “Cromwell,” 29, 60
  • ——, crown-back, 153
  • ——, curricle, 362–363
  • ——, double, 62
  • ——, Herculaneum, 363
  • ——, Hogarth, 152
  • ——, hunting, 361
  • ——, low leather, 29
  • ——, saddle check, 314
  • ——, Trafalgar, 380
  • ——, tub easy, 361–362
  • ——, Voyeuse, 32, 278, 363
  • —— (Chippendale), 232–237
  • Chairs (Chinese Chippendale), 235–236
  • ——, dining-room (Louis XVI.), 278
  • —— (Directoire), 379–380
  • ——, drawing-room (Sheraton), 343
  • —— (Empire), 379–380
  • —— (French Chippendale), 233, 234
  • ——, Garden, 234–235
  • ——, gondola (Louis XV.), 207
  • —— (Gothic Chippendale), 135
  • ——, hall (Chippendale), 234
  • —— (Heppelwhite), 312–315
  • —— (Jacobean), 60–62
  • ——, japanned, 314
  • —— (Louis XIII.), 29–32
  • —— (Louis XIV.), 81–84
  • —— (Louis XV.), 204–209
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 275–276
  • —— (Marot), 119
  • —— (Meissonier), 209
  • ——, painted, 314
  • —— (Queen Anne), 118–120
  • ——, rout, 361
  • —— (Sheraton,) 343–344, 361–363
  • ——, at Versailles (Louis XV.), 205–207
  • Chaise longue, 32, 81, 279, 380
  • —— (Chippendale), 232
  • —— (Empire), 378
  • —— (Jacobean), 53
  • —— (Louis XV.), 209
  • —— (Sheraton), 356
  • Chaises cacquetoires, 29, 31–32
  • ——, comfortables (Louis XV.), 208
  • ——, meublantes, 29
  • ——, perroquets, 29
  • Challe, Simon, 257, 263
  • Chamber, The, 170
  • ——, The Great, 41
  • Chambers, Sir William, 149
  • Chambers, Sir William, quotation from, 148
  • Chambre en alcove, 173–174
  • ——, en niche, 173, 176
  • ——, de parade, 171
  • Chandeliers (Chippendale), 245
  • —— (Louis XIII.), 34
  • Chardin, 161
  • Charpentier, 285
  • Charton, 257, 263
  • Chedel, 164
  • Cherub, 11
  • Chest (Jacobean), 59
  • ——, trussing, 58
  • Chests-of-drawers, 59, 325
  • Chests-of-drawers (Heppelwhite), 325
  • —— (Queen Anne), 128–129
  • Chest-upon-chest, 154
  • Chest-with-drawers, 59
  • Chevillon, 164
  • Chesterfield, Lord, quotation from, 137
  • Chiffonnière, 372, 377
  • ——, secrétaire, 266
  • Chimney-back (Jacobean), 44
  • Chimney-glass (Sheraton), 337–338
  • Chimney-piece (Carter’s), 290–291
  • —— (Chippendale), 245–246
  • —— (Jacobean), 44
  • —— (Louis XIII.), 9–10
  • —— (Louis XIII.-Louis XIV.), 67–68
  • —— (Queen Anne), 116
  • ——, Ware on, 146–147
  • China as a decoration, 116–117
  • China cases (Chippendale), 237–239
  • Chinamania, The, 116–117, 237
  • China-shops in England, 113
  • Chinese designs (Chippendale), 228, 229, 231, 235–236, 237–239, 242
  • Chinese fad, The, 148
  • Chinese furore, 135
  • Chinese style, craze in England for, 138
  • Chinese subjects, 141
  • Chinese subjects, designers of, 142
  • Chinese art, taste for, 73, 114, 166–167, 221
  • Chinoiserie, 73, 161
  • Chintz, 43, 154
  • Chippendale, Thomas, 135, 142, 149
  • ——, carver and decorator, 225
  • ——, Chinese designs, 228, 229, 231, 235–236, 237–239, 242
  • ——, fondness for japanned furniture, 225
  • ——, fondness for Louis XV. style, 226–227
  • ——, furniture, 222
  • ——, Gothic designs, 228, 235, 241–243
  • ——, little known about, 223
  • ——, ornaments, 227, 229–230, 237, 247
  • ——, style erroneously understood, 221
  • ——, taste of, 225
  • ——, theft from Meissonier, 226–227
  • ——, use of brass mounts, 227
  • ——, use of mahogany, 225
  • Choffart, 257
  • Cipriani, 292, 305
  • Cisterns, 246
  • City and Country Builder’s and Workman’s Treasury of Designs, The, 142
  • Classic architecture, love of, 135, 138
  • Claw-and-ball foot, 118
  • Clock, Regency, 214
  • ——, tall, 154
  • Clocks (Chippendale), 246
  • —— (Empire), 372–373
  • —— (Louis XIV.), 88
  • —— (Louis XV.), 214–217
  • —— (Marot), 120
  • —— (Queen Anne), 119–120
  • —— (Sheraton), 361
  • ——, at Versailles, 215–217
  • Cochin, 164
  • ——, quotation from, 162
  • ——, reply to, 163
  • Colbert, 66, 69
  • Colbert, industrial system of, 69
  • Colours (Directoire), 369
  • —— (Louis XIV.), 68, 70
  • —— (Louis XV.), 200
  • —— (Sheraton), on, 335
  • Columbani, Pietro, 290
  • Comfort, increase in, 7
  • Commode, 84–85
  • —— (Empire), 377
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 271–272
  • —— (Sheraton), 344
  • —— (Boulle), 74
  • —— (Chippendale), 239–240
  • —— (Cressent), 201–202
  • —— (Heppelwhite), 325
  • —— (Louis XV.), 188, 190, 201–203
  • Confidante (Heppelwhite), 316
  • Console, 33
  • —— (Empire), 377
  • —— (Louis XIV.), 87
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 272–273
  • ——, for porcelain (Louis XV.), 211
  • ——, tables (Louis XV.), 212
  • Conversation chairs, 363
  • Corneille, quotation from, 6
  • Cornices (Chippendale), 229–230
  • —— (Heppelwhite), 318, 319–320
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 271
  • —— (Sheraton), 336
  • Cornucopias, 8–9
  • Couch (Jacobean), 53
  • —— (Marot), 120
  • —— and Squab, 53
  • Counterpane, 20
  • Courtepointe, 20
  • Courture, l’ainé, 263
  • Couverture de parade, 20
  • Credence, 10
  • Credenza, 130
  • Cremer, 166
  • Crepy, 164
  • Crespine, 18
  • Cressent, Charles, 160, 161
  • Cressent, commodes by, 201–202
  • Cromwell Chair, 60
  • Cromwell, Oliver, 55, 113
  • Crunden, John, 290
  • Cupboard, “bread and cheese,” 45
  • ——, court, 45–47, 48–49
  • ——, livery, 45–48
  • ——, press, 59
  • Curricle, 362–363
  • Curtains, 20–21, 57
  • —— (Directoire), 374
  • —— (Empire), 374–375
  • —— (Louis XIII.), 19, 20
  • —— (Sheraton), 336
  • Curve (Louis XIV.), 71
  • Curve, the broken, 141
  • Cushion, the, 44
  • Cussey, Domenico, 13
  • Cuvilliés, 164
  • Cuvilliés, console table by, 212
  • Cuvilliés, fils, 257, 261–262
  • Cymbeline, quotation from, 53–54
  • D
  • Damask, 154
  • Darly, M., 225
  • Dauphine, the, 263
  • D’Aviler, quotations from, 116, 118, 131, 169–170, 173, 174
  • Debonnaire, 66
  • Decker, Paul, 199–200
  • ——, mirrors by, 210
  • De Goncourt, quotation from, 369
  • De La Cour, 165
  • Delafosse, 257–258, 267
  • De Lalonde, 257, 258–260, 277, 279
  • Delany, Mrs., quotations from, 151–152
  • Delaunay, 66
  • Demarteau, 164, 257
  • Demontigny, 256
  • Designers of transitional style (Louis XV.—Louis XVI.), 256–257
  • Designers (Louis XVI.), 257
  • Desk (Jacobean), 59
  • Desk and Bookcase (Heppelwhite), 325–326
  • Desk. See Bureau.
  • Desks (Louis XIV.), 87
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 275
  • Desmalter, Jacob, 370, 372, 377
  • Desvoyes, 257
  • Diana of Poitiers, 3
  • Dining-parlour (Sheraton), 342
  • ——, Prince of Wales’s, 342–343
  • Dining-room (Empire), 376
  • —— (Louis XV.), 177, 182
  • —— (Sheraton), 341–342, 343
  • Dining-table (Empire), 376
  • —— (Sheraton), 346–347
  • Directoire style, 285, 367, 370, 374, 375, 379–380
  • Divan, the, 378
  • Doré, 263
  • Draperies (Louis XV.), 200–201
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 270–271
  • —— (Empire), 377–378
  • Drawing-room (Sheraton), 339–341
  • Drawing-table, 60
  • Dressing-drawers, 325
  • Dressing-room (Sheraton), 339
  • Dressing-table (Chippendale), 240–241
  • —— (Early Georgian), 154
  • —— (Jacobean), 60
  • —— (Heppelwhite), 324–325
  • —— (Louis XIV.), 85–86
  • —— (Queen Anne), 128–129, 129–130
  • —— (Sheraton), 357–358
  • Dubois, 164, 166
  • Du Bois, quotation from, 115
  • Du Cerceau, 4
  • Duchesse, the, 209, 278, 279
  • —— (Heppelwhite), 316–317
  • Duchess bed, 355
  • Dugourc, 262
  • Dumb-waiter (Early Georgian), 153
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 274
  • —— (Sheraton), 350–351
  • Dumont, 256
  • Duplessis, 165, 213
  • Duplessis, fils, 257, 263
  • Dupuis, 263
  • Dutch influence in England, 110
  • Duvaux, 165
  • Dyche, quotation from, 130
  • E
  • Ear motive in decoration, 5, 210, 212
  • East, influence on furniture, 160–161
  • Ebéniste, 11
  • Ebénisterie, 66
  • Ebony, 11, 38
  • Edict of Nantes, Revocation of, 110
  • Edwards and Darly, 148
  • Eisen, 164
  • Elizabeth, Queen, 46
  • Empire style, characteristics of, 372–374
  • ——, growth of the, 370
  • ——, ornaments of, 372–374
  • ——, wood used, 379
  • Encoignure (Louis XV.), 212
  • England, Dutch influence in, 110
  • ——, French art in, 110–111
  • ——, French workmen in, 110–111
  • ——, relations with the Netherlands, 37–38
  • Engravings, 155
  • Escritoire (Hogarth), 152
  • Evelyn, John, quotations from, 50–51, 112–113, 114–115
  • F
  • Falk, quotations from, 253–255
  • Far East, commerce with, 111–112
  • Fauteuil, 29–30, 81–82, 83
  • —— (Louis XV.), 205
  • ——, bergère, 207–208, 278
  • ——, de commodité (Louis XV.), 208–209
  • ——, confessional, 278
  • Fauteuils Bonaparte, 379–380
  • Fay, 257, 264–265
  • Feathers in decoration, 263
  • Festoon window curtains, 336
  • ——, Heppelwhite’s fondness for the, 312
  • Floor (Jacobean), 44
  • Folding chair-bed, 152–153
  • Fonlanieu, 257
  • Fontaine, P. F. L., 370
  • Footstools (Sheraton), 361
  • Forms (Louis XVI.), 203–204
  • Forty, 257, 258
  • Fossier, 257
  • Fouquet, 4
  • ——, alcove of, 91
  • ——, entertainment of, 70
  • Fragonard, 257, 258
  • Fraisse, 142, 165
  • Frames (Chippendale), 244
  • —— (Early Georgian), 155
  • Frederick the Great, 168
  • French art in England, 110–111
  • —— decoration, influence on Langley, 143
  • —— furniture, most perfect period, 160
  • —— style, craze in England for, 138
  • —— style, Heppelwhite’s admiration of, 316
  • —— rod, the, 336–337
  • —— workmen, in England, 110–111
  • Fringe, 18
  • —— (Louis XIV.), 82–83
  • —— (Louis XV.), 201
  • Furniture (Chippendale), 222
  • —— and costume, analogy between, 7–8
  • —— (Louis XV.), descriptions of, 185–194
  • ——, metal, 67
  • ——, sets of, 89–90
  • G
  • Gachet, 263
  • Gallery, 176
  • Garde-robe, 168, 172, 176
  • Gardes de vin, 322
  • Garlands (Louis XIII.), 8
  • Gamier, 166
  • Gate-legged table, 51
  • Gaudry, Mme. de, 85, 98
  • Gay, quotation from, 137
  • Genre étrusque, 369
  • Gentlemen and Cabinet-Maker’s Director, The, 135, 222, 223, 224, 247
  • Georgian (Early) Architecture, 137–138
  • Germain, 164
  • Germain, P., mirror by, 211
  • Gibbs, 136, 295, 296
  • Gilded wood, 67
  • Gillot, 161
  • Girandoles (Chippendale), 244, 245
  • —— (Heppelwhite), 323
  • Gobelin, 277
  • Gobelins, manufacture des, established, 66
  • Gobelins, artists and artisans employed at the, 66
  • Gobelin tapestry, 205
  • Godin, 216
  • Goldsmiths, in decorative art, 4
  • Gondola chairs, 207
  • Gothic, Adam on, 294
  • Gothic Architecture (Langley), 149
  • ——, designs (Chippendale), 228, 235, 241–243
  • ——, Mrs. Delany on, 150–151
  • ——, Evelyn on, 114
  • —— revival, 135
  • ——, Langley’s influence, 150
  • ——, Ware on, 149–150
  • Gothic taste, the, 138, 221
  • Gouthière, 266
  • Gouvernet, La Marquise de, inventory of, 121–126
  • Grate, 155
  • Gravelot, 164
  • Grecian squab, 356
  • Gribelin, Samuel, 111
  • Gros de Tours, 264
  • Grotesque, Adam on 299–300
  • Guéridon, 33
  • Guiffrey, Jules, quotation from, 180
  • Guimard, Mlle., apartments of, 282–284
  • H
  • Halfpenny, 148
  • Hall, the, 40–41, 335
  • Hampton Court, 46
  • Hancock, wall-paper of, 141
  • Handles (Jacobean), 59
  • —— (Queen Anne), 130
  • Hangings, leather, 42
  • Harlequin Pembroke Table, 359
  • Harrateen, 154
  • Hatfield House, 46
  • Havard, quotation from, 75
  • Hearth furniture (Early Georgian), 155
  • Heinhofer, Philip, 16
  • Henri II. style, 3
  • Hentzer, Paul, 55
  • Heppelwhite, A. & Co., firm of, 309
  • ——, characteristics of, 312
  • ——, fondness for the straight line, 312
  • —— furniture, 309–310
  • ——, ornaments of, 312
  • ——, quotations from, 310–311, 326–327
  • —— room, 326–327
  • Herculaneum, 352
  • —— chair, 363
  • Hervey, Lord, quotations from, 137
  • Hervieux, 213
  • Hexagon, 9
  • High-boy, 154
  • Huet, 161, 257, 265
  • Huguenot refugees in England, 111
  • Huquier, 164
  • Hogarth chair, 152
  • —— furniture, 152
  • ——, quotation from, 247–248
  • ——, satire of Kent, 136–137
  • ——, table by, 152
  • Horse fire screens (Chippendale), 246
  • Houdan, 257, 263
  • Houel, 257
  • House (Louis XV.), description of, 182–185
  • Houses, decorated by the Adams, 292–293
  • I
  • Illumination (Jacobean), 45
  • Ince and Mayhew, 224
  • India houses 113
  • Industrious Apprentice, escritoire in, 152
  • J
  • Jacob, Georges, 370
  • Jacobean furniture. Tudor and Flemish mixture in, 37
  • Jacquemart, quotations from, 178, 256
  • Jacques, 263
  • Janel, 257
  • Janua Linguarum, quotation from, 45–46
  • Japanese art, taste for, 166–167
  • Japanned furniture, 154–155
  • Jardinière (Empire), 377
  • Jardinières, 273–274
  • Jewels, Age of, 70
  • Johnson, 148
  • Jombert, 164
  • Jones, Inigo, 37, 146, 295
  • Journal de la mode, quotation from, 367–368
  • Juhel, 215
  • K
  • Kauffman, Angelica, 292, 305, 306
  • Kent, William, 135, 136, 295, 296
  • Kent, Hogarth’s opinion of, 136
  • Kenwood, Adam’s decorations at, 304
  • Kidney library table, 359
  • Knife cases (Heppelwhite), 321–322
  • —— (Sheraton), 349
  • Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent, 38, 61
  • ——, bed at, 57
  • ——, bedrooms at, 54–55
  • L
  • La Barre, 66
  • La Bruyère, 67
  • La Collombe, 164
  • Lacquered furniture, 154–155
  • Lacquers, old, 168
  • Lady’s Cabinet Dressing-table, 357–358
  • Lafayette, bed of, 376
  • La Joüe, 142, 164
  • La Live de Juilly, 263
  • Lalonde. See De Lalonde.
  • Lamballe, Princesse de, 263
  • ——, apartments of the, 280–282
  • Lampas, 19
  • Lambrequin (Louis XIII.), 19
  • —— (Louis XV.), 200–201
  • —— (Louis XVI.), 271
  • Lamps (Heppelwhite), 323
  • Lange, 164
  • Langley, Batty, designs by, 142, 144–145
  • ——, quotations from, 143–145, 149, 150
  • ——, influence on Gothic revival, 150
  • ——, Walpole opinion of, on, 151
  • Lanthorns (Chippendale), 245
  • La Rue, 257, 263
  • Lassurance, 164
  • Lauzan, Comte de, 112
  • Law, John, 159
  • Leather, use of, 192, 209, 313, 314
  • Le Brun, 4, 66, 68, 69, 159
  • Le Canu, 257
  • Le Geay, 257
  • Le Grand, 164
  • Leland, quotation from, 43
  • Leleu, 267
  • Le Lorrain, 257
  • Lepautre, Jean, 66, 72, 84, 91
  • Le Prince, 257
  • Le Roux, 164
  • Levasseur, 267
  • Liard, 257
  • Library (Sheraton), 338
  • —— table (Sheraton), 360
  • Line, the straight, insistence of the, 253–254
  • Lit d’ange, 77–78, 79–80, 196
  • ——, à l’Anglaise, 267
  • ——, d’Anglaise, 196
  • ——, à arc, 197
  • ——, de baldaquin, 27
  • ——, en baldaquin, 197–198
  • ——, à chassis, 198
  • ——, à la Chinoise, 277
  • ——, à couronne, 267
  • ——, en dome, 79
  • ——, à double tombeau, 197
  • ——, à la duchesse, 77, 80
  • ——, de duchesse, 196
  • ——, à la fédération, 285, 368
  • ——, à flèche, 197
  • ——, en housse, 19–21, 76, 267
  • ——, à impériale, 28
  • ——, à l’Impériale, 80
  • ——, en niche, 197
  • ——, en ottomane, 197
  • ——, à la polonaise, 196, 277
  • ——, à pavillon, 77
  • ——, de repos, 32, 81, 197, 198, 270, 279
  • —— (Chippendale), 230
  • —— (Louis XV.), 192
  • ——, à romaine, 197
  • ——, à tombeau, 197
  • ——, à tulipe, 197
  • ——, à la Turque, 197, 277
  • ——, vu de pied, 77
  • Lit. See Bed
  • Livre de Légumes (Meissonier), 227
  • Livre d’ornements (Meissonier), 227
  • Lodging room (Sheraton), 339
  • Loir, Alexandre, 66
  • Loir, Guillaume, 66
  • London, a dépôt for Oriental art, 112
  • Louis XIII. style, beginning of, 3
  • Louis XIV., magnificence of, 66
  • ——, takes Court to Versailles, 65
  • ——, style, characteristics of, 70–73
  • ——, ornamentation, 71–73
  • Louis XV. style, 195
  • ——, transitional from, to Louis XVI., 195
  • ——, great masters of the, 164
  • ——, style, small masters of the, 164–165
  • ——, ornaments of, 164
  • Louis XVI. style, 195, 196, 251–252
  • ——, cabinet-makers, 267
  • ——, furniture of last years, 284–285
  • ——, ornamentation of, 252–253
  • Low-boy, 154
  • Lucotte, 256
  • Lutestring, 55
  • Luti, Chevalier, 135
  • Luxury, in reign of Louis XIV., 70
  • Luynes, Duc de, quotation from, 196
  • M
  • Mademoiselle, La Grande, quotations from, 91, 111–112
  • Mahogany, 11, 118, 334, 379
  • Maintenon, Mme. de, 78, 80, 85, 86
  • ——, apartments of, 92–96
  • ——, tables of, 86
  • Maisons de Plaisance (Blondel), 174
  • Mansart, 65
  • Marchand, 263
  • Martinet, 164
  • Martins, The, 167–168
  • Marie Antoinette, 255, 263
  • Marie Leczinska, bed of, 196
  • Marillier, 257, 262
  • Marot, Daniel, 91, 111
  • ——, furniture by, 119, 120–121
  • ——, use of china in decoration, 116
  • Marquetry, 11, 50, 87
  • Marquetry (Riesener’s), 265, 266
  • Marquetry (Queen Anne), 127–128
  • Marquise, The, 208
  • Marriage à la Mode, Bed in, 152
  • Marsenois, 165
  • Marvye, 164
  • Mascaron, 8, 120
  • Mazarin, Cardinal, 4, 12, 13, 18, 21, 28, 30, 32
  • ——, bed of, 77–78
  • ——, fondness for Oriental art, 111–112
  • ——, lottery of Oriental goods, 70, 112
  • Medici, Francesco de’, 17
  • ——, Marie de’, 3, 6, 12
  • Meissonier, J. A., 160, 162, 163
  • ——, canapé by, 209
  • ——, chairs by, 209
  • ——, curves of, 194
  • ——, designs by, 226–227
  • ——, exponent of the Louis XV. style, 164
  • ——, ornaments, 227
  • ——, pier-table by, 211
  • Mercier, quotation from, 264
  • Mercure de France, quotation from, 69
  • Méridienne, The, 378
  • Metal furniture, 67
  • Mezzotints, 155
  • Michel, 164
  • Middle Ages, rich furniture of the, 67
  • Milanaise fringe, 18–19
  • Milton, Thomas, 290
  • Mirabeau, 168
  • Mirrors, 68
  • —— (Chippendale), 244
  • —— (Heppelwhite), 323
  • —— (Jacobean), 45, 60
  • —— (Louis XIII.), 34
  • —— (Louis XIV.), 89
  • —— (Louis XV.), 190, 210–211
  • —— (Queen Anne), 119
  • —— (Sheraton), 360
  • Mississippi Bubble, The, 159
  • Moithey, 257, 263
  • Molière, alcove of, 91
  • Mondon, 142, 164
  • Monkeys in decoration, 141, 142, 161, 211
  • Monnoyer, J. B., 111
  • Montigny, P. C., 267
  • Moreau le jeune, 257
  • Moreau, 257
  • Mortlake tapestry, 42
  • Mouldings (Louis XIII.), 9
  • Much Ado About Nothing, 42
  • Murray, quotation from, 131
  • Music-room (Sheraton), 338
  • N
  • Napolitaine fringe, 18–19
  • Nest-of-drawers, 59
  • Netherlands, influence of, on Jacobean furniture, 37
  • Neufforge, 257
  • Niche, 192
  • Nicolet, 263
  • Nile, Shipwreck of the, 168
  • Nimeguen, Treaty of, 65
  • Normand, C., 257, 263, 380
  • Nottingham, Lord, quotation from, 113
  • O
  • Octagon, 9
  • Odiot, J.B.C., 370
  • Œben, 165
  • ——, bureau, begun by, 212
  • Olive-wood, 45, 60
  • Ollivier, 166
  • Oppenord, 160, 163
  • Orfèvrerie, 66
  • Orient, L’, 112
  • Oriental art, Evelyn on, 112–113
  • Oriental art, 111
  • Orleans, Duchess of, 85, 87
  • Orleans, apartments of the, 100–102
  • Orleans, Duke of, 85, 86
  • ——, apartment of the, 98–100
  • Ornamentation (Elizabethan), 39–40
  • —— (Louis XIV.) style, 71–73
  • —— (Louis XVI.) style, 252–253
  • —— (Queen Anne), 119–120
  • Ornaments (Adam), 298–299
  • —— (Chippendale’s), 227, 229–230, 237, 247
  • —— (Empire), 372–374
  • —— (Heppelwhite), 312
  • —— (Louis XV. style), 164
  • —— (Louis XIII.), 11–12
  • —— (Meissonier’s), 227
  • —— (Sheraton), 334
  • Osterley Park, Adam decorations at, 304–305
  • Ottoman à la reine, 279
  • Oudry, 164
  • P
  • Pafrat, 166, 267
  • Painted cloth, 42
  • Palais de porcelaine, 73–74
  • Palais Royal, The, 4
  • Palais Soubise, 178–180
  • Palladio, 135, 137
  • ——, new edition of, 115
  • Panache, 21
  • Panelling (Jacobean), 41
  • Panels (Early Georgian), 146, 147
  • —— (Queen Anne), 117
  • Pannier, 263
  • Panseron, 257
  • Parent, Aubert, 257
  • Paris, changes in, 5–6
  • ——, sets the fashions for Europe, 65
  • Pariset, 257
  • Parizeau, 257
  • Parlour, the, 41
  • —— (Jacobean), 52–53
  • —— (Tudor), 52
  • Parquetry, 68
  • Passe, Crispin de, 4
  • Pastoral subjects, 252, 253
  • Pavilion bed, 28
  • Pear-wood, 11, 38
  • Péché Mortel (Chippendale), 232
  • Pedestals (Heppelwhite), 321
  • Pelham, Henry, 136
  • Pembroke tables, 324
  • —— (Sheraton), 358–359
  • Pepys, quotations from, 43
  • Perault, 263
  • Percenet, 257, 263
  • Percier, C., 370, 373
  • Percier and Fontaine, 367, 372, 377
  • ——, bedroom by, 373
  • ——, examples from, 373–374
  • ——, quotation from, 371–372
  • ——, tables by, 376–377
  • Percy, quotation from, 41–42
  • Pergolesi, M. A., 292, 305–306
  • “Persian,” 191
  • Petite Maison, La, 181
  • Petitot, 257, 261, 263
  • Peyrotte, 164
  • Philippon, Adam, 4
  • Picau, 143
  • Pictures (Louis XIII.), 34
  • —— (Queen Anne), 118
  • Pier-glass (Chippendale’s), 244
  • —— (Heppelwhite), 323
  • Pierre, J. B., 256, 263
  • Pier-tables, 32
  • Pier-table (Meissonier), 211
  • —— (Sheraton), 344–345
  • Pillement, 164, 263
  • Pinaud, commodes by, 202
  • ——, consoles for porcelain by, 211
  • ——, console table by, 212
  • ——, mirrors by, 210
  • Pineau, 164
  • Placards, 17
  • Play-room, 175
  • Pollen, quotation from, 255
  • Pomeranian Art Cabinet, 16–17
  • Pommes, 21, 27, 57, 196
  • Pompadour, Mme. de, 165, 168, 264
  • ——, bed of, 187–188
  • ——, bedroom of, 186–189
  • ——, fondness for Louis XVI. style, 252
  • Pompeii, 252, 254
  • Ponce, Gardette, 257
  • Pope, quotation from, 136, 138
  • Porcelain as a decoration for furniture, 256
  • —— in decoration, 73–74
  • —— in England, 113
  • Portières (Louis XV.), 187, 191, 194
  • 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