——, cabinet-makers, 267 ——, furniture of last years, 284–285 ——, ornamentation of, 252–253 Low-boy, 154 Lucotte, 256 Lutestring, 55 Luti, Chevalier, 135 Luxury, in reign of Louis XIV., 70 Luynes, Duc de, quotation from, 196 _M_ Mademoiselle, La Grande, quotations from, 91, 111–112 Mahogany, 11, 118, 334, 379 Maintenon, Mme. de, 78, 80, 85, 86 ——, apartments of, 92–96 ——, tables of, 86 _Maisons de Plaisance_ (Blondel), 174 Mansart, 65 Marchand, 263 Martinet, 164 Martins, The, 167–168 Marie Antoinette, 255, 263 Marie Leczinska, bed of, 196 Marillier, 257, 262 Marot, Daniel, 91, 111 ——, furniture by, 119, 120–121 ——, use of china in decoration, 116 Marquetry, 11, 50, 87 Marquetry (Riesener’s), 265, 266 Marquetry (Queen Anne), 127–128 Marquise, The, 208 _Marriage à la Mode_, Bed in, 152 Marsenois, 165 Marvye, 164 Mascaron, 8, 120 Mazarin, Cardinal, 4, 12, 13, 18, 21, 28, 30, 32 ——, bed of, 77–78 ——, fondness for Oriental art, 111–112 ——, lottery of Oriental goods, 70, 112 Medici, Francesco de’, 17 ——, Marie de’, 3, 6, 12 Meissonier, J. A., 160, 162, 163 ——, canapé by, 209 ——, chairs by, 209 ——, curves of, 194 ——, designs by, 226–227 ——, exponent of the Louis XV. style, 164 ——, ornaments, 227 ——, pier-table by, 211 Mercier, quotation from, 264 _Mercure de France_, quotation from, 69 Méridienne, The, 378 Metal furniture, 67 Mezzotints, 155 Michel, 164 Middle Ages, rich furniture of the, 67 Milanaise fringe, 18–19 Milton, Thomas, 290 Mirabeau, 168 Mirrors, 68 —— (Chippendale), 244 —— (Heppelwhite), 323 —— (Jacobean), 45, 60 —— (Louis XIII.), 34 —— (Louis XIV.), 89 —— (Louis XV.), 190, 210–211 —— (Queen Anne), 119 —— (Sheraton), 360 Mississippi Bubble, The, 159 Moithey, 257, 263 Molière, alcove of, 91 Mondon, 142, 164 Monkeys in decoration, 141, 142, 161, 211 Monnoyer, J. B., 111 Montigny, P. C., 267 Moreau le jeune, 257 Moreau, 257 Mortlake tapestry, 42 Mouldings (Louis XIII.), 9 _Much Ado About Nothing_, 42 Murray, quotation from, 131 Music-room (Sheraton), 338 _N_ Napolitaine fringe, 18–19 Nest-of-drawers, 59 Netherlands, influence of, on Jacobean furniture, 37 Neufforge, 257 Niche, 192 Nicolet, 263 Nile, Shipwreck of the, 168 Nimeguen, Treaty of, 65 Normand, C., 257, 263, 380 Nottingham, Lord, quotation from, 113 _O_ Octagon, 9 Odiot, J.B.C., 370 Œben, 165 ——, bureau, begun by, 212 Olive-wood, 45, 60 Ollivier, 166 Oppenord, 160, 163 Orfèvrerie, 66 Orient, L’, 112 Oriental art, Evelyn on, 112–113 Oriental art, 111 Orleans, Duchess of, 85, 87 Orleans, apartments of the, 100–102 Orleans, Duke of, 85, 86 ——, apartment of the, 98–100 Ornamentation (Elizabethan), 39–40 —— (Louis XIV.) style, 71–73 —— (Louis XVI.) style, 252–253