CHAPTER I.

COLORED FRONTISPIECE _facing Title_

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"GRANDFATHER" CLOCK iv.

A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY NAPKIN PRESS xii.

VIGNETTE OF BAS-RELIEF--EGYPTIAN SEATED, as Ornament to Initial Letter 1

ASSYRIAN BRONZE THRONE AND FOOTSTOOL 3

CHAIRS FROM KHORSABAD AND XANTHUS AND ASSYRIAN THRONE 4

REPOSE OF KING ASSHURBANIPAL 5

EXAMPLES OF EGYPTIAN FURNITURE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM: Stool; Stand for a Vase; Head Rest or Pillow; Workman's Stool; Vase on a Stand; Folding Stool; Ebony Seat inlaid with ivory 6

AN EGYPTIAN OF HIGH RANK SEATED _facing_ 6

AN EGYPTIAN BANQUET 7

CHAIR WITH CAPTIVES AS SUPPORTS 8

BACCHUS AND ATTENDANTS VISITING ICARUS _facing_ 8

GREEK BEDSTEAD WITH A TABLE 9

GREEK FURNITURE 10

INTERIOR OF AN ANCIENT ROMAN HOUSE _facing_ 12

A ROMAN STUDY 13

ROMAN SCAMNUM OR BENCH } } 14 ROMAN BISELLIUM, OR SEAT FOR TWO PERSONS }

ROMAN COUCH, GENERALLY OF BRONZE 15

BRONZE LAMP AND STAND 16

ROMAN TRICLINIUM, OR DINING ROOM _facing_ 16