Martin, Sieur Simon Etienne (_Vernis-Martin_), 182 Martin's varnish (_Vernis-Martin_), _see_ GLOSSARY, 28 Meissonier, inspirer of rococo style, 177 Middle Temple Hall, carved oak screen at, 65 Mirrors, arrangement in Hampton Court galleries, 123 ---- at Nell Gwynne's house, 123 ---- Chippendale, 229 ---- made by French and Italian workmen, 124 ---- Queen Anne, 136 ---- various forms of, 124 Mortise, _see_ GLOSSARY, 26 Mother-of-pearl inlay, seventeenth century, 116 Munich National Museum, illustration of specimen at, 39 N Naples Museum, illustration of table at, 205 Napoleon, his influence on art, 208 Natoire, 182, 195 Needlework decorated cabinet, Charles II. period, 112 Netherlands, Renaissance in, 49 Netscher, Caspar, illustration after picture by, 111 Normandy dressers, 103 Notable examples of sixteenth, century English woodwork, 65 O Oak, collectors of, hints to, 103, 118 ---- furniture, the collector's polish for, 118 ---- period, 34 ---- polish, _see_ GLOSSARY, 26 Oeben, Jean Francois, 178 Old oak, polish for, 118 P Parquetry, _see_ GLOSSARY, 26 Passe Crispin de, chair designed by, 159 Pater, 192 Penshurst Place, Indo-Portuguese furniture at, 115 Petworth House, work of Grinling Gibbons at, 121 _Polish_, French, 24; ---- oil, 26 Pollen, J., Hungerford, quotation from, 196 Pompeii, influence of excavations at, 204, 208, 247 Ponsonby-Fane, Right Hon. Sir Spencer, specimens in collection of, 101, 224 Portuguese furniture, late seventeenth century, in England, 114 Q Queen Anne cabinet (illustrated), 141 ---- chairs (illustrated), 143 ---- furniture, prices realised at auction, 153 ---- mirror frame (illustrated), 137 ---- settle (illustrated), 149, 155 R Raleigh, Sir Walter, mahogany first brought home by, 214 Recamier, portrait of, by David, 209 Reeded, _see_ GLOSSARY, 27 Renaissance, _see_ GLOSSARY, 27 ---- in England, 37, 59-78 ---- in France, 43 ---- in Italy, 41 ---- in the Netherlands, 49 ---- in Spain, 48 ---- on the Continent, 33-55 ---- origin of, 38, 41 Restored, _see_ GLOSSARY, 27 ---- cupboard showing over-elaboration, 73 "Restored" pieces, 265 Revolution in France, vandalism during, 204 Ribbon-back chair (illustrated), 222 ---- ornamentation adapted from France, 64; (illustrated) 60 ---- pattern, early use of, by French woodcarvers, 92 Riesener, Jean Francois, 185, 191, 192, 195, 197, 208 Robinson, V. J., Esq., C.I.E., furniture belonging to, 219 Rococo, _see_ GLOSSARY, 27 Roe, Mr. Frederick, quotation from, 266 Roentgen, David, 182 S Sackville, Lord, early Jacobean furniture in collection of, 86 St. Paul's Cathedral, work of Grinling Gibbons at, 121 Secret drawers, 114 ---- drawers, pieces with, 113, 157, 231 ---- drawers, Sheraton's love of, 251 ---- processes to impart age to spurious pieces, 260 Settee, _see_ GLOSSARY, 27 ---- upholstered, early Jacobean, at Knole, 90