Chapter vi.) in the Hertford House collection, cost the late Sir Richard

Wallace a sum of £4,000.

As, however, in France, and in countries which import French furniture, there are many who desire to have the effect of this beautiful but expensive furniture, but cannot afford to spend several thousand pounds in the decoration of a single room, the industrious and ingenious Frenchman manufactures, to meet this demand, vast quantities of furniture which affects, without attaining, the merits of the better made and more highly finished articles.

In Holland, Belgium, and in Germany, as has already been pointed out, the manufacture of ornamental oak furniture, on the lines of the Renaissance models, still prevails, and such furniture is largely imported into this country.

Italian carved furniture of modern times has been already noticed; and in the selections made from the 1851 Exhibition, some productions of different countries have been illustrated, which tend to shew that, speaking generally, the furniture most suitable for display is produced abroad, while none can excel English cabinet makers in the production of useful furniture and woodwork, when it is the result of design and handicraft, unfettered by the detrimental, but too popular, condition that the article when finished shall appear to be more costly really than it is.

The illustration of a carved frame in the rococo style of Chippendale, with a Chinaman in a canopy, represents an important school of wood carving which has been developed in Munich; and in the "Künst Gewerberein," or "Workman's Exhibition," in that city, the Bavarians have a very similar arrangement to that of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society of this country, of which mention has already been made. Each article is labelled with the name of the designer and maker.

In conclusion, it seems evident that, with all the faults and shortcomings of this latter part of the nineteenth century--and no doubt they are many, both of commission and omission--still, speaking generally, there is no lack of men with ability to design, and no want of well trained patient craftsmen to produce, furniture which shall equal the finest examples of the Renaissance and Jacobean periods. With the improved means of inter-communication between England and her Colonies, and with the chief industrial centres of Europe united for the purposes of commerce, the whole civilized world is, as it were, one kingdom: merchants and manufacturers can select the best and most suitable materials, can obtain photographs or drawings of the most distant examples, or copies of the most expensive designs, while the public Art Libraries of London, and Paris, contain valuable works of reference, which are easily accessible to the student or to the workman. It is very pleasant to bear testimony to the courtesy and assistance which the student or workman invariably receives from those who are in charge of our public reference libraries.

There needs, however, an important condition to be taken into account. Good work, requiring educated thought to design, and skilled labour to produce, must be paid for at a very different rate to the furniture of machined mouldings, stamped ornament, and other numerous and inexpensive substitutes for handwork, which our present civilization has enabled our manufacturers to produce, and which, for the present, seems to find favour with the multitude. It has been well said that, "Decorated or sumptuous furniture is not merely furniture that is expensive to buy, but that which has been elaborated with much thought, knowledge, and skill. Such furniture cannot be cheap certainly, but _the real cost is sometimes borne by the artist who produces, rather than by the man who may happen to buy it_." [24] It is often forgotten that the price paid is that of the lives and sustenance of the workers and their families.

Conclusion.

A point has now been reached at which our task must be brought to its natural conclusion; for although many collectors, and others interested in the subject, have invited the writer's attention to numerous descriptions and examples, from an examination of which much information could, without doubt, be obtained, still, the exigencies of a busy life, and the limits of a single volume of moderate dimensions, forbid the attempt to add to a story which, it is feared, may perhaps have already overtaxed the reader's patience.

As has already been stated in the preface, this book is not intended to be a guide to "_collecting,"_ or "_furnishing";_ nevertheless, it is possible that, in the course of recording some of the changes which have taken place in designs and fashions, and of bringing into notice, here and there, the opinions of those who have thought and written upon the subject, some indirect assistance may have been given in both these directions. If this should be the case, and if an increased interest has been thereby excited in the surroundings of the Home, or in some of those Art collections--the work of bye-gone years--which form part of our National property, the writer's aim and object will have been attained, and his humble efforts amply rewarded.

Index.

NOTE.--The Names of several Designers and Makers, omitted from the Index, will be found in the List in the Appendix, with references.

Academy (French) of the Arts founded Adam, Robert and James Æstheticism Ahashuerus, Palace of Alcock, Sir Rutherford, collection of Angelo, Michael Anglo-Saxon Furniture Arabesque Ornament, origin of Arabian Woodwork Ark, reference to the Armoires, mention of Art Journal, The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society Aspinwall, of Grosvenor Street Assyrian Furniture Aubusson Tapestry Audley End Austrian Work

Barbers' Company, Hall of the Baroque, The style Barry, Sir Charles, R.A. Beauvais Tapestry Bedroom Furniture Bedstead of Jeanne d'Albret Bedstead in the Cluny Museum Bellows, Italian Benjamin, Mr., referred to Berain, Charles, French artist Bethnal Green Museum Biblical references Birch, Dr., reference to Birdwood, Sir George, referred to Black, Mr. Adam, reference to Blomfield, Mr. Reginald T. Boards and Trestles Boleyn, Anna, chair of Bombay Furniture Bonnaffé, referred to Boucher, artist Boudoir Boule, André Charles Brackets, Wall British Museum, references to specimens in the Brittany Furniture Broadwood, Messrs Bronze Mountings Bruges, Chimney-piece at Bryan, Michael, referred to Buffet, The Bureau du Roi Burgess, Mr. W Burleigh Byzantine-Gothic, discarded Byzantine style

Caffieri, work of Cairo Woodwork Canopied Seats Canterbury Cathedral Carpenters' Company Cashmere Work Cauner, French carver Cellaret, The Cellini, B. Chambers, Sir William, R.A. Chair of Dagobert Chairs of St. Peter Chardin, reference to Charlemagne, reference to Charles I. reference to Charles II. reference to Charlton, Little Charterhouse, The Chaucer quoted Chippendale's Work Chippendale's "Gentleman and Cabinetmakers' Director" Christianity influence of Christie, Manson, & Wood, Messrs reference to old catalogues of Cicero's Tables Cipriani Clapton, Dr. Edward, reference to Club Houses of London Cluny Museum, reference to Colbert, Finance Minister Coliards' predecessors Collinson & Lock Collman, L.W., work of Constantinople, capture of Coronation Chair, The Correggio Grace, work of Crane, Mr. Walter Cromwell referred to Crusades, influence of the Cutler, Mr. T Cypselus of Corinth, Chest of

Dado, the, described Dagobert Chair Dalburgia or Blackwood Damascus, Room from a house in Davillier, Baron "Dining Room," the, various definitions Divan, derivation of Dowbiggin (Gillow's apprentice) Dryden quoted Dürer, A., referred to D'Urbino Bramante Du Sommerard referred to Dutch Furniture

Eastlake, Mr. C., reference to Edinburgh, H.R.H. the Duke of, Art Collection Edis, Col. Robert, referred to, Elgin and Kincardine, Earl of, Collection of Elizabethan Work Empire Furniture English Work Evelyn's Diary Exhibiton, The Colonial The Great (1851) Inventions Exhibitions, Local

Falké, Dr., reference to Faydherbe, Lucas Fitzcook, H., designer Flaxman's Work Flemish Renaissance Flemish Work Florentine Mosaic Work Folding Stool Fontainebleau, Chateau of Fourdinois, Work of Fragonard, French artist, reference to Frames for pictures and mirrors Franks, Mr. A.W. Fretwork Ornament

Gavard's, C., Work on Versailles German Work Gesso Work Ghiberti, L Gibbon, Dr., story of Gilding, methods of Gillow, Richard, extending table patented work of Gillow's Records Gillow's Work Glastonbury Chair Gobelins Tapestry Godwin, Mr. G., referred to Godwin, Mr. E.W. Goodrich Court Gore House, Exhibition at Gothic Architecture Gothic Work French German Chippendale's Gough, Viscount, collection of Gouthière, Pierre Gray's Inn Hall Greek Furniture Greuze, reference to

Hamilton Palace Collection Hampton Court Palace Hardwick Hall Harpsichord, the Harrison quoted Hatfield House Hebrew Furniture Henri II. time of Henri IV. style of Art in France Henry VIII Hepplewhite, work of Herculaneum and Pompeii discovery of Herbert's "Antiquities" Hertford House Collection Holbein Holland House Holland & Sons Holmes, W., designer Home Arts and Industries Association Hope, Thomas, design by Hopkinson's Pianos Hotel de Bohême Howard & Sons, firm of, founded

Ince W., contemporary of Chippendale Indian Furniture Indian Museum, The Indo-Portuguese Furniture Intarsia Work, or Tarsia Inventories, old Italian Carved Furniture Italian Renaissance

Jackson, Mr. T.G., A.R.A., referred to Jackson & Graham Jacobean Furniture Jacquemart, M., reference to Japan, the Revolution in Japanese Joiner, the Japanned Furniture Jeanne d'Albret, Bedstead of Jones, Inigo Jones Collection, The

Kauffmann, Angelica Kensington, South, Museum, foundation of Kensington, South, Museum, reference to specimens in the Khorsabad, reference to Kirkman's exhibit Knife cases Knole

Lacquer Work, Chinese and Japanese Indian Persian Lacroix, Paul, reference to Lancret, artist Layard, Sir Austen, reference to Lebrun, artist Leighton, Sir F., referred to Leo X., Pope Letharby, Mr. W.R. Litchfield & Radclyffe Livery cupboards Longford Castle Collection Longman & Broderip Longleat Louis XIII. Furniture Louis XIV death of Louis XV death of Louis XVI Louvre, The

Macaulay, Lord, quoted Machine-made Furniture Madrid, French Furniture in Mahogany, introduction of Mansion House, Furniture of the Marie Antionette Marie Louise, Cabinet designed for Marqueterie Maskell, Mr., reference to Mayhew, J., contemporary of Chippendale Medicis Family, influence of the Meyrick, S. Middle Temple Hall Miles and Edwards Milton quoted Mirror, Mosaic Mirrors, introduction of "Mobilier National," the collection of Modern fashion of Furnishing Mogul Empire, The Monbro Morant's Furniture Mounting of Furniture Munich, Work and Exhibition of

Napoleon alluded to Nilson, French carver Norman civilization, influence of North Holland, Furniture of Notes and Queries Nineveh, Discoveries in

Oak Panelling Oriental Conservatism Ottoman, derivation of

Panelling (oak) Papier-maché Work Passe, C. de Paxton, Sir Joseph Penshurst Place Pergolesi Perkins, Mr. C. translator of "Kunst im Hause" Persian Designs Pianoforte, the Picau, French carver Pietra-dura introduced Pinder, Sir Paul, house of Pollen, Mr. J. Hungerford, references to Portuguese Work Prie Dieu Chair, the Prignot, Designs of Prior, Mr. Edward, essay on Furniture Pugin, Mr. A.W., work of

Queen Anne Furniture Queen's Collection, The

Racinet's Work, "Le Costume Historique" Radspieler of Munich (manufacturer) Raffaele, referred to Raleigh, Sir W. Regency, Period of the, in France Renaissance Renaissance in England France Germany Italy The Netherlands Spain Revolution, The French Revival of Art in France Ricardo, Mr. Halsey Richardson's "Studies" Riesener, Court Ebeniste Robinson, Mr. G.T., quoted Rococo Style, the Rogers, Harry, work of Roman Furniture Ruskin, Mr., quoted Russian Woodwork

St. Augustine's Chair St. Giles', Bloomsbury St. Peter's Chairs St. Peter's Church St. Saviour's Chapel Sallust, House of Salting, Mr., collection of Salzburg, Bishop's Palace at Sandringham House, referred to Saracenic Art Sarto, Andrea del Satinwood, introduction of Scandinavian Woodwork Science and Art Department, The Scott, Sir Walter, reference to Screens, Louis XV. period Secret Drawers, etc., in Furniture Sedan Chair, the Seddon, Thomas, and his Sons, Work of Serilly. Marquise de, Boudoir of Sêvres Porcelain, introduction of Shakespeare's Chair Shakespeare, quoted Shaw, Mr. Norman, R.A. Shaw's "Ancient Furniture" Sheraton, Thomas, Work of Shisham Wood Sideboard, reference to the Skinners' Company, The Smith, Major General Murdoch, reference to Smith, Mr. George, explorer, reference to Smith, George, manufacturer Snell, Work of Soane Museum, The Society of Arts, The Society of Upholsterers and Cabinet Makers Sofa, derivation of South Kensington. See Kensington Spanish Furniture Speke Hall, Liverpool Spoon Cases Stationers' Hall Steam power applied to manufactures Stephens, Mr., referred to Stockton House Stone, Mr. Marcus Strawberry Hill Sale Street, Mr., R.A. Strudwick, J., designer Sydney, Sir Philip

Tabernacle, The Table, "Dormant" "Drawings" Extending Folding Framed Kneehole Pier Side Joined Standing Wine Tables and Trestles Tadema, Mr. Alma, R.A., design by Tarsia Work, or Intarsia Tea Caddies Thackeray, quoted Theebaw, King, Bedstead of Thyine Wood "Times" Newspaper, The, quoted Titian Toms & Luscombe Town & Emanuel Trades Unionism Traditions, loss of old Transition period Trianon, The Trollopes founded

Ulm, Cathedral of Urn Stands, the

Veeners Venice, importance of Venice, referred to Verbruggens, the Vernis Martin Versailles, Palace of Victorian (early) Furniture Vinci, L. da Viollet-le-Duc Vriesse, V. de

Wales, H.R.H. Prince of, Art Collection of Wallace, Sir Richard, Collection of Walpole, Horace Ware, Great Bed of Waterhouse, Mr., R.A. Watteau Webb, Mr. Stephen Wedgwood, Josiah Wertheimer, S. Westminster Abbey Wilkinson, of Ludgate Hill Williamson (Mobilier National) Wine Tables Woods used for Furniture Wootton, Sir Henry, quoted Wren, Sir Christopher, referred to Wright, Mr., F.S.A, referred to Wyatt, Sir Digby, paper read by

York House, described in the "Art Journal" York Minster, Chair in

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MCANDREW, JOHN. MACDONALD, A. R., 10, Chester Street, S.W. MACDONALD, DUDLEY WARD, 15, Earls' Terrace, Kensington, W. MACK, THOMAS, Manchester. MCKIE, MISS, Dumfries, N.B MACKINTOSH, J. R., St. Giles Street, Edinburgh. MANCHESTER FREE LIBRARY. MANN, J. P., Adamson Road, N.W. MANNERING, E. H., Hillside, Arkwright Road, Hampstead. MANT, Rev. Newton, The Vicarage, Hendon, N.W. MAPLE, J. Blundell, M.P. MARKS, H. Stacy, R.A.

MARSHALL, ARTHUR, A.R.I.B.A., Cauldon Place, Long Row, Nottingham. MARSHAM, MAJOR G. A., J.P., Thetford. MART, ALFRED, 22, Carleton Road, Tufnell Park, London. MARTIN, SIR THEODORE, K.C.B. MELVILLE, RT. HON. VISCOUNT. MENZIES, JOHN & Co., 12, Hanover Street, Edinburgh. MIALL, G. C., Bouverie Street, London. MILFORD, THE LADY. MILLER, ALFRED, Queen's Road, Weybridge. MILLAR, DAVID, 8, Fitzroy Street, London. MILLS, R. MASON, Bourne, Lincolnshire. MILNE, ROBERT O., Oakfield, Leamington. MILNER, JOHN, 180, Great Portland Street, London. MITCHELL LIBRARY, Miller Street, Glasgow. MITCHELL, SYDNEY & WILSON, 13, Young Street, Edinburgh. MORGAN & SONS, Hanway Street, W. MORRISON, H., Public Library, Edinburgh. MORTON, THOMAS H., M.D., C.M., Don House, Brightside, Sheffield. MOUNTSTEPHEN, THE LADY. MURRAY, WILLIAM, F.S.I., 81, Wood Green Shepherds Bush, London. MURPHY, JOHN, 215, Brompton Road, London.

NELSON, RT. HON. EARL. NETTLEFOLD, HUGH, Hallfield, Edgbaston, Birmingham. NEVILL, CHARLES H., Bramall Hall, Cheshire. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE PUBLIC LIBRARIES. NICOL, ROBERT E., 94, Morningside Road, Edinburgh. NIND, P. H., Lashlake House, Thame, Oxon. NORMAN, JAMES T., 57, Great Eastern Street, London. NOTTINGHAM MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. NUTTALL, JOHN R., Market Place, Lancaster. NYBURG & Co., 17, Hanway Street, W.

OAKELEY, REV. W. BAGNALL, Newland, Coleford, Gloucester. OAKLEY, FRANK P., Hanging Bridge Chambers, Cathedral Yard, Manchester. OLIVER & LEESON, Bank Chambers, Mosley Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. OSBORNE, WILLIAM, 30, Reform Street, Beith, N.B. OVEY, RICHARD, J.P., Badgemore, Henley-on-Thames.

PALMER, THE REV. FRANCIS, 17, New-Cavendish-Street, W. PARLANE, JAMES, Rusholme, Manchester. PARR, T. KNOWLES, Isthmian Club, S.W. PATERSON, SMITH & INNES, 77, South Bridge, Edinburgh. PATTERSON, W. G., 54, George Street, Edinburgh. PATTISON, ROBERT P., Seacliffe, Trinity. PAUL, ALFRED S. H., Tetbury. PEARCE, S. S., 4, Victoria Parade, Ramsgate. PEARSE, H., Rochdale. PEARSON, JOHN L., R.A., 13, Mansfield Street, London. PECKITT, LIEUT.-COLONEL R. WM., Thornton-le-Moor, Northallerton. PENNEY, J. CAMPBELL, 15, Gloucester Place, Edinburgh. PENTY, WALTER, G., F.R.I.B.A., Clifford Chambers, York. PHILIP, G. STANLEY, 32, Fleet Street, London. PHILLIPS, F. W., The Manor House, Hitchin. PHILLIPS, MORO, West Street House, Chichester. PIGGOT, REVD. ALEXANDER, Leven, Fife. PITT-RIVERS, GENERAL, F.S.A., 4, Grosvenor Gardens, S.W. POLLARD, JOSEPH, Nicholas Street, Truro. POLLEN, J. HUNGERFORD, South Kensington Museum. PONSONBY, HON. GERALD, 57, Green Street, London. PORTAL, MELVILLE, J.P., Micheldever, Hants. POTT, HARRY KERBY, The Cedars, Sunninghill, Ascot. POWEL, H. PENRY, Castle Madoc, Brecknock. POWELL & POWELL, 18, Old Bond Street, Bath. POWELL & SONS, JAMES, 31, Osborn Street, Hull. POWIS, RIGHT HON. EARL OF. PROPERT, J. LUMSDEN, 112, Gloucester Terrace, London. PRUYN, MRS. JOHN V.L., Albany, New York.

QUANTRELL, A. & S.S., 203, Wardour Street, London.

RABBITS, W. T., 6, Cadogan Gardens, S.W. RADCLIFFE, H. MILES, Summerlands, Kendal. RADCLIFFE, R. D., M.A., F.S.A., Darley, Old Swan, Liverpool. RADNOR, THE RT. HON. THE COUNTESS OF RAMSAY, ROBERT, 33/437--Greendyke Street, Glasgow. RAMSEY, THE HON. MRS. CHARLES, 48, Grosvenor Street, W. RICHARDS, S., Hounds Gate, Nottingham. RIGDEN, JOHN, J. P., Surrey House, Brixton Hill, S.W. RILEY, ATHELSTAN, L.C.C., 2, Kensington Court. RILEY, JOHN, 20, Harrington Gardens, S.W. RIVINGTON, CHARLES ROBERT, F.S.A., Stationers' Hall, London. ROBERTS, D. LLOYD, M.D., F.R.C.P., Broughton Park, Manchester. ROBSON, EDWARD R., F.S.A., 9, Bridge Street, Westminster. ROBSON, R., 16, Old Bond Street, W. ROBSON.& SONS, 42, Northumberland Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. ROGERSON, ARTHUR, Fleurville, Cheltenham. ROMAINE-WALKER, W. H., A.R.I.B.A., Buckingham Street, Strand, London. ROSE, ALGERNON, F.R.G.S., Great Pulteney Street, London. ROTHSCHILD, THE LADY. ROTHSCHILD, LEOPOLD DE, 5, Hamilton Place, W. RUSSELL, JOHN, M. B., 142, Waterloo Road, Burslem.

SACKVILLE, RT. HON. LORD, Knole Park, Sevenoaks. SALMON, W. FORREST, F.R.I.B.A., 197, St. Vincent, Street, Glasgow. SAITER, S. JAMES A., F.R.S., Basingfield, near Basingstoke. SANDERS, T. R. H., Old Fore Street, Sidmouth. SANDERSON, JOHN, 52, Berners Street, London. SAVORY, HORACE R., 11, Cornhill, London. SAWERS, JOHN, Gothenburg, Sweden. SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT of South Kensington. SCOTT, A. & J., Glasgow. SCOTT, J. & T., 10, George Street, Edinburgh. SCULLY, W. C., 32, Earl's Court Square, London. SHARP, J., Fernwood Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne. SHERBORNE, RT. HON. LORD. SHIELL, JOHN, 5, Bank Street, Dundee. SIMKIV, W. R., North Hill, Colchester. SIMPSON, THOMAS & SONS, Silver Street, Halifax. SIMS, F. MANLEY, F.R.C.S., 12, Hertford Street, London. SION COLLEGE LIBRARY, Thames Embankment, London. SLESSOR, REV. J. H., The Rectory, Headbourne, Worthy, Winchester. SMILEY, HUGH H., Gallowhill, Paisley. SMITH, CHARLES, 12, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London. SMITH, EDWARD ORFORD, Council House, Birmingham. SMITH, F. BENNETT, 17, Brazenose Street, Manchester. SMITH, W. J., 41 & 43, North Street, Brighton. SOPWITH, H. T., Newcastle-on-Tyne. SPENCE, C. J., South Preston Lodge, North Shields. STENHOUSE & SON, 4, Alexandra Gardens, Folkestone. STEPHENS, E. GEORGE, 5, Portman Street, Whalley Range, Manchester. STEPHENS, J. WALLACE, Belph, Whitmell, Nr. Chesterfield. STONE, J. H., J.P., Handsworth. STORR, J. S., 26, King Street, Covent Garden.

TALBOT, LIEUT. COLONEL GERALD. TALBOT, Miss, 3, Cavendish Square, London. TANNER, ROBERT R.S., 9, Montagu Street, Portman Square, London. TANNER, SLINGSBY, 1046, Mount Street, Berkeley Square, London. TAPLIN, JOHN, 8, Blomfield Road, Maida Vale, London. TASKER, G. S., Glen-Ashton, Wimbourne, Dorset. TATE, JOHN, Oaklands, Alnwick. TAYLOR, JOHN & SONS, 109, Princes Street, Edinburgh. TEMPEST, SIR ROBERT T., BART. TEMPEST, MAJOR A.C., Coleby Hall, near Lincoln. THOMASON, YEOVILLE, F.R.I.B.A., 9, Observatory Gardens, Kensington, London. THOMPSON, THE LADY MEYSEY. THOMPSON, J. C. THOMPSON, RICHARD, Dringcote, The Mount, York. THONET BROS., 68, Oxford Street, London. THYNNE, J. C., Cloisters, Westminster, London. TRAILL, JAMES CHRISTIE, J.P, D.L., Rattan, Caithness; and Hobbister, Orkney. TAPNALL, C., 60, St. John's Road, Clifton. TUNISSEN, G., 64, Noordeinde, The Hague. TURNER, R. D., Roughway, Tonbridge. TURNER, WILLIAM, Manchester.

VANDERBYL, MRS. PHILIP, Porchester Terrace, London. VAUGHAN & Co., 18, Gt. Eastern Street, London. VINCE, A. S., 14, Gt. Pulteney Street, London. VINEY, JOHN P., 26, Charlotte Street, Portland Place, London. VOST & FISHER, Halifax.

WADE, MISS, Royal School of Art Needlework, South Kensington. WALLACE, MRS., French Hall, Gateshead. WALLIS & Co., Limited, Holborn Circus, London. WALTERS, FREDERICK A., A.R.I.B.A, 4, Great Queen Street, Westminster. WARBURTON, SAMUEL, 10, Witton Polygon, Cheetham Hill, Manchester. WARING, S. J. & SONS, Bold Street, Liverpool. WARNER & SONS, Newgate Street, E.C. WATKINS, REV. H. G., Lilliput Hill, Parkstone, Dorset. WATNEY, VERNON J., Berkeley Square, London. WATTERSON, WILLIAM CRAVEN, Hill Carr, Altrincham. WATTS, G. F., R.A., Little Holland House, Kensington, London. WATTS, JAMES, Old Hall, Cheadle, near Manchester. WEBB, R. BARRETT, Bristol. WEEKES, J.E., 19, Sinclair Gardens, W. WELLARD, CHARLES, St. Leonard Street, Bromley-by-Bow. WERTHEIMER, ASHER, 154, New Bond Street, W. WERTHEIMER, CHARLES, 21, Norfolk Street, Park Lane, W. WESTMINSTER, HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF. WESTON, MRS. E., Ashbank, Penrith. WHARTON, THE REV. GEORGE, Radley College, Abingdon. WHARTON, W. H. B., London Road, Manchester. WHEATLEY, COLONEL. WHEELER, WILLIAM, George Row, York Road, City Road, London. WHITAKER, WALTER, Combe Down, Bath. WHITAKER, W. W., Cornbrook House, Manchester. WIGAN PUBLIC LIBRARY. WILKINSON & SON, 8, Old Bond Street, London. WILLIAMS, MRS., Parcian, Anglesey. WILLS, GEORGE, Park Street, Bristol. WILSON, SAMUEL, 7, King Street, St. James's Square. WOLFSOHN, HELENA, Dresden. WOOD, ALEXANDER, Saltcoats. WOOD, HERBERT S., A.R.I.B.A., 16, Basinghall Street, London. WOOD, T. A., 67, Berners Street, London. WORCESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY. WORNUM, R. S., 26, Bedford Square, London. WORTHINGTON, HENRY H., Sale Old Hall, Manchester. WRIGHT, A. O., 25, Low Skellgate, Ripon. WRIGHT, E., 144, Wardour Street, London. WYLIE, S., Glasgow. WYLLIK & SONS, D., Aberdeen.

YORKE, THE HON. MRS. ELIOT.

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Footnotes

[1] Gopher is supposed to mean cypress wood. See notes on Woods (Appendix).

[2] See also Notes on Woods (Appendix).

[3] Folding stool--Faldistory or Faldstool--a portable seat, similar to a camp stool, of wood or metal covered with silk or other material. It was used by a Bishop when officiating in other than his own cathedral church.

[4] Those who would read a very interesting account of the history of this stone are referred to the late Dean Stanley's "Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey."

[5] The sous, which was but nominal money, may be reckoned as representing 20 francs, the denier 1 franc, but allowance must be made for the enormous difference in the value of silver, which would make 20 francs in the thirteenth century represent upwards of 200 francs in the present century.

[6] The panels of the high screen or back to the stalls in "La Certosa di Pavia" (a Carthusian Monastery suppressed by Joseph II.), are famous examples of early intarsia. In an essay on the subject written by Mr. T.G. Jackson, A.R.A., they are said to be the work of one Bartolommeo, an Istrian artist, and to date from 1486. The same writer mentions still more elaborate examples of pictorial "intarsia" in the choir stalls of Sta. Maria, Maggiore, in Bergamo.

[7] Writers of authority on architecture have noticed that the chief characteristic in style of the French Renaissance, as contrasted with the Italian, is that in the latter the details and ornament of the new school were imposed on the old foundations of Gothic character. The Chateau of Chambord is given as an instance of this combination.

[8] Dr. Jacob von Falké states that the first mention of glass as an extraordinary product occurs in a register of 1239.

[9] "Holland House," by Princess Marie Liechtenstein, gives a full account of this historic mansion.

[10] The following passage occurs in one of Beaumont and Fletcher's plays:

"Is the great couch up, the Duke of Medina sent?" to which the duenna replies, "'Tis up and ready;" and then Marguerite asks, "And day beds in all chambers?" receiving in answer, "In all, lady."

[11] This tapestry is still in the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace.

[12] [PG Note] The original text said "gods".

[13] The present decorations of the Palace of Versailles were carried out about 1830, under Louis Phillipe. "Versailles Galeries Historiques," par C. Gavard, is a work of 13 vols., devoted to the illustration of the pictures, portraits, statues, busts, and various decorative contents of the Palace.

[14] For description of method of gilding the mounts of furniture, see Appendix.

[15] For a short account of these Factories, see Appendix.

[16] Watteau, 1684-1721. Lancrel, _b_. 1690, _d_. 1743. Boucher, _b_. 1703, _d_. 1770.

[17] The Court room of the Stationers' Hall contains an excellent set of tables of this kind.

[18] The late Mr. Adam Black, senior partner in the publishing firm of A. and C. Black, and Lord Macaulay's colleague in Parliament, when quite a young man, assisted Sheraton in the production of this book; at that time the famous designer of furniture was in poor circumstances.

[19] The word Baroque, which became a generic term, was derived from the Portugese "barroco," meaning a large irregular-shaped pearl. At first a jeweller's technical term, it came later, like "rococo," to be used to describe the kind of ornament which prevailed in design of the nineteenth century, after the disappearance of the classic.

[20] Mr. Parker defines Dado as "The solid block, or cube, forming the body of a pedestal in classical architecture, between the base mouldings and the cornice: an architectural arrangement of mouldings, etc., round the lower parts of the wall of a room, resembling a continuous pedestal."

[21] Owen Jones' "Grammar of Ornament," a work much used by designers, was published in 1856.

[22] Essay by Mr. Edward S. Prior, "Of Furniture and the Room."

[23] Published in 1868, when the craze for novelties was at its height.

[24] Essay on "Decorated Furniture," by J. H. Pollen.