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Illustrated
History of Furniture from the Earliest to the Present
Time (1903)
457 pages. CD-ROM format.
CHAPTER I.
Biblical References : Solomon's House and Temple—Palace
of Ahasuerus. Assyrian Furniture : Nimrod's Palace—Mr.
George Smith quoted. Egyptian Furniture : Specimens in
the British Museum—The Workman's Stool—Various Articles
of Domestic Furniture—Dr. Birch quoted. Greek Furniture
: The Bas-reliefs in the British Museum—The Chest of
Cypselus—Laws and Customs of the Greeks—House of
Alcibiades—Plutarch quoted. Roman Furniture : Position
of Rome -The Roman House—Cicero's Table—Thyine Wood—
Customs of wealthy Romans—Downfall of the Empire
CHAPTER II.
Period of 1,000 years from Fall of Rome, a d. 476, to
Capture of Constantinople, 1453 — The Crusades—Influence
of Christianity—Chairs of St. Peter and Maximian at
Rome, Ravenna, and Venice—Edict of Leo III. prohibiting
Image worship—The Rise of Venice—Charlemagne and his
successors—The Chair of Dagobert—Byzantine character of
Furniture—Norwegian carving—Russian and Scandinavian—The
Anglo-Saxons Sir Walter Scott quoted—Descriptions of
Anglo-Saxon Houses and Customs— Art in Flemish
Cities—Gothic Architecture—The Coronation Chair at
Westminster Abbey Penshurst—French Furniture in the 14th
Century- Description of rooms—The South Kensington
Museum—Transition from Gothic to Renaissance—German
carved work; the Credence, the Buffet, and Dressoir
CHAPTER III.
The Renaissance in Italy : Leonardo da Vinci and
Raffaelle—Church of St. Peter, contemporary great
artists—The Italian Palazzo—Methods of gilding, inlaying
and mounting Furniture—Pietra-dura and other
enrichments—Ruskin's criticism. The Renaissance in
France: Francois I. and the Chateau of Fontainebleau-
Influence on Courtiers-
Chairs of the time -Design of Cabinets—M. E. Bonnaffe on
The Renaissance—Bedstead of Jeanne d'Albret—Deterioration
of taste in time of Henry IV.—Louis XIII. Furniture
—Brittany woodwork. The Renaissance in the Netherlands :
Influence of the House of Burgundy on Art—The
Chimney-piece at Bruges, and other casts of specimens at
South Kensington Museum. The Renaissance in Spain : The
resources of Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries—Influence of Saracenic Art—Highbacked Leather
Chairs, the Carthusian Convent at Granada. The
Renaissance in Germany : Albrecht Diirer—Famous Steel
Chair of Augsburg—German seventeenth century carving in
St. Saviour's Hospital. The Renaissance in England :
Influence of Foreign Artists in the time of Henry VIII.—
End of Feudalism—Hampton Court Palace—Linen Pattern
Panels - Woodwork in the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster
Abbey—Livery Cupboards at Hengrave—Harrison quoted—The "parler,"
alteration in English customs - Chairs of the sixteenth
century—Coverings and Cushions of the time, extract from
old inventory—South Kensington Cabinet—Elizabethan
Mirror at Goodrich Court—Shaw's " Ancient Furniture"—The
Glastonbury Chair—Introduction of Frames into
England—Characteristics of Native Woodwork—Famous
Country Mansions —Alteration in design of Woodwork and
Furniture - Panelled Rooms at South Kensington —The
Charterhouse—Gray's Inn Hall and Middle Temple—The Hall
of the Carpenters' Company—The Great Bed of
Ware—Shakespeare's Chair—Penshurst Place
CHAPTER IV.
English Home Life in the Reign of James I.—Sir Henry
Wotton quoted—Inigo Jcnes and his work—Ford
Castle—Chimney Pieces in South Kensington Museum—Table
in the Carpenters' Hall—Hall of the Barbers' Company—The
Charterhouse—Time of Charles I. —Furniture at Knole—Eagle
House, Wimbledon—Mr. Charles Eastlake—Monuments at
Canterbury and Westminster— Settles, Couches, and Chairs
of the Stuart period Sir Paul Pindar's House—
Cromwellian Furniture—The Restoration — Indo-Portuguese
Furniture— Hampton Court Palace — Evelyn's
description—The Great Fire of London — Hall of the
Brewers' Company—Oak Panelling of the time — Grinling
Gibbons and his work—The Edict of Nantes — Silver
Furniture at Knole—William III. and Dutch
influence—Queen Anne—Sideboards, Bureaus, and
Grandfather's Clocks - Furniture at Hampton Court
CHAPTER V.
Chinese Furniture : Probable source of artistic
taste—Sir William Chambers quoted Racinet's " Le Costume
Historique "—Dutch Influence—The South Kensington and
the late 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 Tables—Specimens
in the India Museum. Persian Woodwork : Collection of
Objets d'Art formed by General 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
CHAPTER VI.
Palace of Versailles : " Grand " and " Petit Trianon
"—The three Styles of Louis XIV., XV., and XVI. -
Colbert and Lebrun —Andre Charles Boule and his Work —
Carved and Gilt Furniture—The Regency and its
Influence—Alteration in Condition of French Society—
Watteau, Lancret, and Boucher. Louis XV. Furniture :
Famous Ebenistes — Vernis Martin Furniture— Caffieri and
Gouthiere Mountings—Sevres Porcelain introduced into
Cabinets—Gobelins Tapestry—The "Bureau du Roi." Louis
XVI. and Marie Antoinette : The Queen's Influence—The
Painters Chardin and Greuze—More simple
Designs—Characteristic Ornaments of Louis XVI.
Furniture—Riesener's Work — Gouthiere's
Mountings—Specimens in the Louvre— The Hamilton Palace
Sale—French influence upon the design of furniture in
other countries—The Jones Collection Extract from the
"Times"
CHAPTER VII.
Chinese Styles— Sir William Chambers—The Brothers Adams'
work—Pergolesi, Cipriani, and Angelica
Kauffmann—Architects of the time—Wedgwood and
Flaxman—Chippendale's Work and his Contemporaries—Chair
in the Barbers' Hall—Lock, Shearer, Hepplewhite, Ince,
Mayhew, Sheraton—Introduction of Satinwood and Mahogany—Gillows,
of Lancaster and London—History of the Sideboard—The
Dining Room—Furniture of the time
CHAPTER VIII.
The French Revolution and the First Empire—Influence on
design of Napoleon's Campaigns —The Cabinet presented to
Marie Louise—Dutch Furniture of the time—English
Furniture—Sheraton's later work—Thomas Hope,
architect—George Smith's designs Fashion during the
Regency— Gothic revival—Seddon's furniture—Other makers
Influence on design of the Restoration in
France—Furniture of William IV. and earlypart of Queen
Victoria's reign— Baroque and Rococo styles—The
Panelling of Rooms, Dado, and Skirting—The Art Union—The
Society of Arts — Sir Charles Barry and the new Palace
of Westminster—Pugin's designs—Auction Prices of
Furniture—Christie's —The London Club
Houses—Steam—Different Trade Customs--Exhibitions in
France and England—Harry Rogers' work—The late Queen's
cradle—State of Art in England during the first part of
Queen Victoria's reign—Continental designs -Italian
carving- Cabinet work—General remarks .
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—^Estheticism—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
Lists of Artists and Manufacturers of Furniture — Woods
— Tapestry used for French Furniture — The processes of
Gilding and Polishing — The Pianoforte
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