CHAPTER VI

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (DUTCH) 169–202

Famous Dutch Architects—The Royal Palace on the Dam, Het Loo, The Mauritshuis and Huis Ten Bosch—Interior Carvings— Specimens of Rooms and Ceilings in the Rijks Museum—Love of the Dutch for their Houses—Miniature Dutch Houses and Models of Old Amsterdam Houses in the Rijks Museum— Architecture of the Seventeenth Century—A Typical Dutch Home—The _Luifel_, _Voorhuis_ and _Comptoir_—Interior Decorations and Furniture—Dutch Mania for Cleaning— Descriptions by Travellers of Dutch Houses and Cleaning— Cleaning Utensils—House and Furniture of Andreas Hulstman Janz, in Dordrecht—Inventory of Gertrude van Mierevelt, wife of the painter, in Delft—“Show-Rooms” and their Furnishings—Cooking Utensils—Bedroom in the House of Mrs. Lidia van der Dussen in Dordrecht—The Cradle and “Fire-Basket”—The Baby’s Silver—The “Bride’s Basket”—The “Bride’s Crown” and “Throne”—Decorations for a Wedding— Description by Sir John Lower of the Farewell Entertainment to Charles II at the Hague.