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Illustrated History of Furniture, fifth ed.: From the Earliest to the Present TimeLitchfield, Frederick

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Illustrated History of Furniture, fifth ed.: From the Earliest to the Present Time

Name: Illustrated History of Furniture, fifth ed.: From the Earliest to the Present Time
Author: Litchfield, Frederick

Litchfield, Frederick

Furniture -- History

The French Revolution and the First Empire--Influence on design of
    Napoleon's Campaigns--The Cabinet presented to Marie Louise--Dutch
    Furniture of the time--English Furniture--Sheraton's later
    work--Thomas Hope, architect--George Smith's designs--Fashion
    during the Regency--Gothic revival--Seddon's furniture--Other
    makers--Influence on design of the Restoration in France--Furniture
    of William IV. and early part of Queen Victoria's reign--Baroque
    and Rococo styles--The Panelling of Rooms, Dado, and Skirting--The
    Art Union--The Society of Arts--Sir Charles Barry and the new
    Palace of Westminster--Pugin's designs--Auction Prices of
    Furniture--Christie's--The London Club Houses--Steam--Different
    Trade Customs--Exhibitions in France and England--Harry Rogers'
    work--The late Queen's cradle--State of Art in England during the
    first part of Queen Victoria's reign--Continental designs--Italian
    carving--Cabinet work--General remarks                           203


CHAPTER IX.

    THE GREAT EXHIBITION:--Exhibitors and contemporary Cabinet
    Makers--Exhibition of 1862, London; 1867, Paris; and
    subsequently--Description of Illustrations--Fourdinois, Wright and
    Mansfield--The South Kensington Museum--Talbert's Work--Revival of
    Marquetry--Comparison of Present Day with that of a Hundred Years
    ago--Æstheticism--Traditions--Trades-Unionism--The Arts and Crafts
    Exhibition Society--Kensington School of Woodcarving--Independence
    of Furniture--Present Fashions--Writers on Design--The New
    Renaissance--"Trade" Journals--Modern Furniture in other
    Countries--Concluding Remarks                                    229


APPENDIX.

    Lists of Artists and Manufacturers of Furniture--Woods--Tapestry
    used for French Furniture--The processes of Gilding and
    Polishing--The Pianoforte                                        251

    INDEX                                                            268

[Illustration: CARVED OAK NAPKIN PRESS.

Lent to the South Kensington Museum by II. Farrer, Esq.

EARLY XVII. CENTURY.]




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


    CHAPTER I.

    COLORED FRONTISPIECE                                   _facing Title_

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    "GRANDFATHER" CLOCK                                               iv.

    A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY NAPKIN PRESS                               xii.

    VIGNETTE OF BAS-RELIEF--EGYPTIAN SEATED, as Ornament to
      Initial Letter                                                   1

    ASSYRIAN BRONZE THRONE AND FOOTSTOOL                               3

    CHAIRS FROM KHORSABAD AND XANTHUS AND ASSYRIAN THRONE              4

    REPOSE OF KING ASSHURBANIPAL                                       5

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