XIV   PERIODS IN FURNITURE

The story of the evolution of periods.— Assyria.—Egypt.—Greece.—Rome.—France. —England.—America.—Epoch-making styles.

CHAPTER XV   CONTINUATION OF PERIODS IN FURNITURE

Greece.—Rome.—Byzantium.—Dark Ages.—Middle Ages.—Gothic.—Moorish.—Spanish.—Anglo-Saxon.—Cæsar's Table.—Charlemagne's Chair.—Venice.

CHAPTER XVI   THE GOTHIC PERIOD

Interior decoration of Feudal Castle.—Tapestry.—Hallmarks of Gothic oak carving.

CHAPTER XVII   THE RENAISSANCE

Italy.—The Medici.—Great architects, painters, designers, and workers in metals.—Marvellous pottery.—Furniture inlaying.—Hallmarks of Renaissance.—Oak carving.—Metal work.—Renaissance in Germany and Spain.

CHAPTER XVIII   FRENCH FURNITURE

Renaissance of classic period.—Francis I, Henry II, and the Louis.—Architecture, mural decoration, tapestry, furniture, wrought metals, ormoulu, silks, velvets, porcelains.

CHAPTER XIX   THE PERIODS OF THE THREE LOUIS

How to distinguish them.—Louis XIV.—Louis XV.—Louis XVI.—Outline.—Decoration.—Colouring.—Mural Decoration.—Tapestry.

CHAPTER XX   CHARTS SHOWING HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF FURNITURE

French and English.

CHAPTER XXI   THE MAHOGANY PERIOD

Chippendale.—Heppelwhite.—Sheraton.—The Adam Brothers.—Characteristics of these and the preceding English periods; Gothic, Elizabethan, Jacobean, William and Mary, Queen Anne.—William Morris.—Pre-Raphaelites.

CHAPTER XXIII   THE COLONIAL PERIOD

Furniture.—Landscape paper.—The story of the evolution of wall decoration.

CHAPTER XXII   THE REVIVAL OF DIRECTOIRE AND EMPIRE FURNITURE

Shown in modern painted furniture.

CHAPTER XXIV   THE VICTORIAN PERIOD

Architecture and interior decoration become unrelated.—Machine-made furniture.—Victorian cross-stitch, beadwork, wax and linen flowers.—Bristol glass.—Value to-day as notes of variety.

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