Illustrated History Of Furniture From The Earliest To The Prese
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CHINESE FURNITURE: Probable source of artistic taste--Sir William Chambers quoted--Racinet's "Le Costume Historique"--Dutch influence--The South Kensington and the Duke of Edinburgh Collections--Processes of making Lacquer--Screens in the Kensington Museum. JAPANESE FURNITURE: Early History--Sir Rutherford Alcock and Lord Elgin--The Collection of the Shogun--Famous Collections--Action of the present Government of Japan--Special characteristics. INDIAN FURNITURE: Early European influence--Furniture of the Moguls--Racinet's Work--Bombay Furniture--Ivory Chairs and Table--Specimens in the India Museum. PERSIAN WOODWORK: Collection of Objets d'Art formed by Gen. Murdoch Smith, R.E.---Industrial Arts of the Persians--Arab influence--South Kensington specimens. SARACENIC WOODWORK: Oriental customs--Specimens in the South Kensington Museum of Arab Work--M. d'Aveune's Work.