CHAPTER I.--THE RENAISSANCE ON THE CONTINENT.

PORTION OF CARVED CORNICE, Italian, Sixteenth Century 33

FRAME OF WOOD, with female terminal figures, Italian, late Sixteenth Century 35

FRONT OF COFFER, Italian, late Fifteenth Century 38

BRIDAL CHEST, Gothic design, middle of Fifteenth Century 39

FRONT OF OAK CHEST, French, Fifteenth Century 44

WALNUT SIDEBOARD, French, middle of Sixteenth Century 45

CABINET, FRENCH (LYONS), second half of Sixteenth Century 48

EBONY AND IVORY MARQUETRY CABINET, French, middle of Sixteenth Century 50

SPANISH CABINET AND STAND, carved chestnut, first half of Sixteenth Century 51

SPANISH CHEST, carved walnut, Sixteenth Century 52