——, fondness for Louis XV. style, 226–227 ——, furniture, 222 ——, Gothic designs, 228, 235, 241–243 ——, little known about, 223 ——, ornaments, 227, 229–230, 237, 247 ——, style erroneously understood, 221 ——, taste of, 225 ——, theft from Meissonier, 226–227 ——, use of brass mounts, 227 ——, use of mahogany, 225 Choffart, 257 Cipriani, 292, 305 Cisterns, 246 City and Country Builder’s and Workman’s Treasury of Designs, The, 142 Classic architecture, love of, 135, 138 Claw-and-ball foot, 118 Clock, Regency, 214 ——, tall, 154 Clocks (Chippendale), 246 —— (Empire), 372–373 —— (Louis XIV.), 88 —— (Louis XV.), 214–217 —— (Marot), 120 —— (Queen Anne), 119–120 —— (Sheraton), 361 ——, at Versailles, 215–217 Cochin, 164 ——, quotation from, 162 ——, reply to, 163 Colbert, 66, 69 Colbert, industrial system of, 69 Colours (Directoire), 369 —— (Louis XIV.), 68, 70 —— (Louis XV.), 200 —— (Sheraton), on, 335 Columbani, Pietro, 290 Comfort, increase in, 7 Commode, 84–85 —— (Empire), 377 —— (Louis XVI.), 271–272 —— (Sheraton), 344 —— (Boulle), 74 —— (Chippendale), 239–240 —— (Cressent), 201–202 —— (Heppelwhite), 325 —— (Louis XV.), 188, 190, 201–203 Confidante (Heppelwhite), 316 Console, 33 —— (Empire), 377 —— (Louis XIV.), 87 —— (Louis XVI.), 272–273 ——, for porcelain (Louis XV.), 211 ——, tables (Louis XV.), 212 Conversation chairs, 363 Corneille, quotation from, 6 Cornices (Chippendale), 229–230 —— (Heppelwhite), 318, 319–320 —— (Louis XVI.), 271 —— (Sheraton), 336 Cornucopias, 8–9 Couch (Jacobean), 53 —— (Marot), 120 —— and Squab, 53 Counterpane, 20 Courtepointe, 20 Courture, l’ainé, 263 Couverture de parade, 20 Credence, 10 Credenza, 130 Cremer, 166 Crepy, 164 Crespine, 18 Cressent, Charles, 160, 161 Cressent, commodes by, 201–202 Cromwell Chair, 60 Cromwell, Oliver, 55, 113 Crunden, John, 290 Cupboard, “bread and cheese,” 45 ——, court, 45–47, 48–49 ——, livery, 45–48 ——, press, 59 Curricle, 362–363 Curtains, 20–21, 57 —— (Directoire), 374 —— (Empire), 374–375 —— (Louis XIII.), 19, 20 —— (Sheraton), 336 Curve (Louis XIV.), 71 Curve, the broken, 141 Cushion, the, 44 Cussey, Domenico, 13 Cuvilliés, 164 Cuvilliés, console table by, 212 Cuvilliés, fils, 257, 261–262 Cymbeline, quotation from, 53–54 _D_ Damask, 154 Darly, M., 225 Dauphine, the, 263 D’Aviler, quotations from, 116, 118, 131, 169–170, 173, 174 Debonnaire, 66 Decker, Paul, 199–200 ——, mirrors by, 210 De Goncourt, quotation from, 369 De La Cour, 165 Delafosse, 257–258, 267 De Lalonde, 257, 258–260, 277, 279 Delany, Mrs., quotations from, 151–152 Delaunay, 66 Demarteau, 164, 257 Demontigny, 256 Designers of transitional style (Louis XV.—Louis XVI.), 256–257 Designers (Louis XVI.), 257 Desk (Jacobean), 59 Desk and Bookcase (Heppelwhite), 325–326