Illustrated History of Furniture, fifth ed. From the Earliest to the Present Time
CHAPTER IX.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION:--Exhibitors and contemporary Cabinet Makers--Exhibition of 1862, London; 1867, Paris; and subsequently--Description of Illustrations--Fourdinois, Wright and Mansfield--The South Kensington Museum--Talbert's Work--Revival of Marquetry--Comparison of Present Day with that of a Hundred Years ago--Æstheticism--Traditions--Trades-Unionism--The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society--Kensington School of Woodcarving--Independence of Furniture--Present Fashions--Writers on Design--The New Renaissance--"Trade" Journals--Modern Furniture in other Countries--Concluding Remarks 229
APPENDIX.
Lists of Artists and Manufacturers of Furniture--Woods--Tapestry used for French Furniture--The processes of Gilding and Polishing--The Pianoforte 251
INDEX 268
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.