[19] The word Baroque, which became a generic term, was derived from the Portugese “barroco,” meaning a large irregular-shaped pearl.  At first a jeweller’s technical term, it came later, like “rococo,” to be used to describe the kind of ornament which prevailed in design of the nineteenth century, after the disappearance of the classic.

[20] Mr. Parker defines Dado as “The solid block, or cube, forming the body of a pedestal in classical architecture, between the base mouldings and the cornice:  an architectural arrangement of mouldings, etc., round the lower parts of the wall of a room, resembling a continuous pedestal.”

[21] Owen Jones’ “Grammar of Ornament,” a work much used by designers, was published in 1856.

[22] Essay by Mr. Edward S. Prior, “Of Furniture and the Room.”

[23] Published in 1868, when the craze for novelties was at its height.

[24] Essay on “Decorated Furniture,” by J. H. Pollen.