Chippendale Furniture
" Chippendale "—continued Screens, 112, 115 Tables, 115, 125 Tea caddies, 125 Traceries, door, 124 Training, our national, 96, 97 Ware, Isaac, on "Chippendale," 107 Cipriani, Giovanni Batista, 143, 205 Colbert, 220 Columbani, Placido, 209 Conditions, ancient and modern, compared, 94 Copland, H., 207 M Court Cupboards," 30, 45 Craftsmanship, ancient v. modern, 2 Cressent, Charles, 247 Crunden, JM 208
Darly, Matthew, 208, 209 David, Jacques-Louis, 267 Duplessis, 247
Edwards, George, 208 Eighteenth-century books on furniture,
207-212 " Elizabethan," 22-35
Baconian theory, a suggestion, 32
Bedsteads, 23-26
Carving, practice of dating, 6
- analysis of, 23-26 Chairs, 29, 30
- Shakespeare's, 32 Chests, types of, 17
- origin of, and why so numerous, 9-12 m Conditions, political and social, 15, 16
Construction, cabinet, simple, 16 "Court Cupboards," 30, 31, 44, 45 Crudity, reason of, 19 Desk, progenitor of bureau, 27, 28 Detail, typical, 26
Difference between architectural woodwork and furniture, 7 Drawers, chests of, 27 Enrichment, character of, 17 Flemish influence, 34 Foreign influence ; why so strong, 18,
19. 24. 25, 27 Furniture an expression of national life, 13, 14 Homes, Old English, simpler, 5, 8 Inspiration, sources of, 21 Portable furniture a necessity, 28
" Elizabethan "—continued
Sizcrgh Castle, inlaid room from, 35 "Strap-work," 25, 26 Style easily distinguished, 7 Tables, 27
Turning, free use of, 29, 32
spiral, 32 Woods employed, 6 Zenith of the style, 5, 22 " Empire," 264-277
Art, importance of, recognised, 264
Artists chosen, 266
Bedsteads, 273
Cabinet work, 275
Chairs, 270-273, 276
Conformity of the " Classic " with the prevailing spirit, 269 David, Jacques-Louis, 267-269 Detail, characteristic, 275, 276 Fontaine, Pierre - François - Leonard, 267
Gilt, employment of, 276 Enrichment, importance of part played by, 275
Influences, political and social, 264 Influence of "Empire" on English work, 274 Inspiration, sources of, 269 "Louis-Seize" forms retained, 269, 270
Memories to be banished, 265
Napoleon's throne, 271, 272
Ormolu, 275
Painted furniture, 276
Palaces to be restored, 265
Percier, Charles, 267
Seat, said to have been designed by
Napoleon, 272 Symbols of peace superseded, 266 Tables, 273
" Table de I Abdication" 274 Textiles, design of, 276 Vien, Joseph-Marie, 268
Fontaine, Pierre-François-Leonard, 267 French styles ; why dealt with, 217 Furniture, books on Georgeian, 207-212
Gabriel, 247
Gamain, 247
Georgeian furniture, books on, 207-212
Gillot, 247
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