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