SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM ART HANDBOOKS. EDITED BY WILLIAM MASKELL. No. 3.--FURNITURE ANCIENT AND MODERN. _These Handbooks are reprints of the dissertations prefixed to the large catalogues of the chief divisions of works of art in the Museum at South Kensington; arranged and so far abridged as to bring each into a portable shape. The Lords of the Committee of Council on Education having determined on the publication of them, the editor trusts that they will meet the purpose intended; namely, to be useful, not alone for the collections at South Kensington but for other collections, by enabling the public at a trifling cost to understand something of the history and character of the subjects treated of._ _The authorities referred to in each book are given in the large catalogues; where will also be found detailed descriptions of the very numerous examples in the South Kensington Museum._ W. M. _August, 1875._ ANCIENT AND MODERN FURNITURE AND WOODWORK BY JOHN HUNGERFORD POLLEN WITH NUMEROUS WOODCUTS [Illustration] _Published for the Committee of Council on Education_ BY CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY LONDON. DALZIEL BROTHERS, PRINTERS, CAMDEN PRESS, N.W. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I Furniture Ancient and Modern 1 II Antique: Egypt, Nineveh and Greece 4 III The Romans 17 IV Byzantine Art 29 V The Middle Ages 41 VI The Fifteenth Century 59 VII The Renaissance in Italy 66 VIII Renaissance in England, Flanders, France, Germany, ans Spain 78 IX Tudor and Stuart Styles 85 X Furniture of the Eighteenth Century 103 XI Changes of Taste and Style 116 Appendix: Names of the Designers of Woodwork and Makers of Furniture 133 Index 140 LIST OF WOODCUTS. PAGE Egyptian chair 4 Assyrian chairs 7 Greek chair 10 Greek chairs 11 Greek couches 13 Greek mirror 14 Greek chariot 15 Pompeian interior 19 Roman tripod 22 Roman candelabra 23 Roman candelabra 24 Roman table 26 Roman couch 27