Desk. See Bureau. Desks (Louis XIV.), 87 —— (Louis XVI.), 275 Desmalter, Jacob, 370, 372, 377 Desvoyes, 257 Diana of Poitiers, 3 Dining-parlour (Sheraton), 342 ——, Prince of Wales’s, 342–343 Dining-room (Empire), 376 —— (Louis XV.), 177, 182 —— (Sheraton), 341–342, 343 Dining-table (Empire), 376 —— (Sheraton), 346–347 Directoire style, 285, 367, 370, 374, 375, 379–380 Divan, the, 378 Doré, 263 Draperies (Louis XV.), 200–201 —— (Louis XVI.), 270–271 —— (Empire), 377–378 Drawing-room (Sheraton), 339–341 Drawing-table, 60 Dressing-drawers, 325 Dressing-room (Sheraton), 339 Dressing-table (Chippendale), 240–241 —— (Early Georgian), 154 —— (Jacobean), 60 —— (Heppelwhite), 324–325 —— (Louis XIV.), 85–86 —— (Queen Anne), 128–129, 129–130 —— (Sheraton), 357–358 Dubois, 164, 166 Du Bois, quotation from, 115 Du Cerceau, 4 Duchesse, the, 209, 278, 279 —— (Heppelwhite), 316–317 Duchess bed, 355 Dugourc, 262 Dumb-waiter (Early Georgian), 153 —— (Louis XVI.), 274 —— (Sheraton), 350–351 Dumont, 256 Duplessis, 165, 213 Duplessis, fils, 257, 263 Dupuis, 263 Dutch influence in England, 110 Duvaux, 165 Dyche, quotation from, 130 _E_ Ear motive in decoration, 5, 210, 212 East, influence on furniture, 160–161 Ebéniste, 11 Ebénisterie, 66 Ebony, 11, 38 Edict of Nantes, Revocation of, 110 Edwards and Darly, 148 Eisen, 164 Elizabeth, Queen, 46 Empire style, characteristics of, 372–374 ——, growth of the, 370 ——, ornaments of, 372–374 ——, wood used, 379 Encoignure (Louis XV.), 212 England, Dutch influence in, 110 ——, French art in, 110–111 ——, French workmen in, 110–111 ——, relations with the Netherlands, 37–38 Engravings, 155 Escritoire (Hogarth), 152 Evelyn, John, quotations from, 50–51, 112–113, 114–115 _F_ Falk, quotations from, 253–255 Far East, commerce with, 111–112 Fauteuil, 29–30, 81–82, 83 —— (Louis XV.), 205 ——, bergère, 207–208, 278 ——, de commodité (Louis XV.), 208–209 ——, confessional, 278 Fauteuils Bonaparte, 379–380 Fay, 257, 264–265 Feathers in decoration, 263 Festoon window curtains, 336 ——, Heppelwhite’s fondness for the, 312 Floor (Jacobean), 44 Folding chair-bed, 152–153 Fonlanieu, 257 Fontaine, P. F. L., 370 Footstools (Sheraton), 361 Forms (Louis XVI.), 203–204 Forty, 257, 258 Fossier, 257 Fouquet, 4 ——, alcove of, 91 ——, entertainment of, 70 Fragonard, 257, 258 Fraisse, 142, 165 Frames (Chippendale), 244 —— (Early Georgian), 155 Frederick the Great, 168 French art in England, 110–111 —— decoration, influence on Langley, 143 —— furniture, most perfect period, 160 —— style, craze in England for, 138 —— style, Heppelwhite’s admiration of, 316 —— rod, the, 336–337 —— workmen, in England, 110–111 Fringe, 18 —— (Louis XIV.), 82–83 —— (Louis XV.), 201