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
Queen’s cradle—State of Art in England
during first part of present reign—Continental
designs—Italian carving—Cabinet
work—General remarks.
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—Revival
of Marquetry—Comparison of Present Day
with that of a Hundred Years ago—AEstheticism—Traditions—Trades-Unionism—The
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society—Independence
of Furniture—Present Fashions—Writers
on Design—Modern Furniture in other Countries—Concluding
Remarks.
APPENDIX.
List of Artists and Manufacturers
of Furniture—Woods—Tapestry used
for French Furniture—The
processes of Gilding and Polishing—The
Pianoforte.
Index.
List of Subscribers.
List of Illustrations.
Chapter I.
Vignette of Bas-relief—egyptian Seated,
as Ornament to Initial Letter.
Assyrian Bronze Throne and Footstool
Chairs From Khorsabad and Xanthus and Assyrian Throne
Repose of King Asshurbanipal
Examples of Egyptian Furniture in the British Museum:
Stool; Stand
for a Vase; Head-rest or Pillow; Workman’s
Stool; Vase on a Stand;
Folding Stool; Ebony Seat inlaid with
ivory
An Egyptian of High Rank Seated
An Egyptian Banquet
Chair with Captives as Supports, and an Ivory Box
Bacchus and Attendants Visiting Icarus
Greek Bedstead with a Table
Greek Furniture
Interior of an Ancient Roman House
Roman State Chair
Bronze Lamp and Stand
Roman Scamnum or Bench
Bisellium, or Seat for Two Persons
Roman Couch, Generally of Bronze
A Roman Study
Roman Triclinium or Dining Room
Vignette of Gothic Oak Armoire, as Ornament to Initial
Letter
Chair of St. Peter, Rome
Dagobert Chair
A Carved Norwegian Doorway
Scandinavian Chair
Cover of a Casket Carved in Whalebone
Saxon House (IX. Century)
Anglo-saxon Furniture of About the X. Century
The Seat on the Dais
Saxon State Bed
English Folding Chair (XIV. Century)
Cradle of Henry V
Coronation Chair, Westminster Abbey
Chair in York Minster
Two Chairs of the xv. Century
Table at Penshurst
Bedroom (XIV. Century)
Carved Oak Bedstead and Chair
The New Born Infant
