SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM ART HANDBOOKS.
Edited by WILLIAM MASKELL.
No. 3.—FURNITURE ANCIENT AND MODERN.
These Handbooks are reprints of the dissertations prefixed tothe large catalogues of the chief divisions of works of art in theMuseum at South Kensington; arranged and so far abridged asto bring each into a portable shape. The Lords of the Committeeof Council on Education having determined on the publication ofthem, the editor trusts that they will meet the purpose intended;namely, to be useful, not alone for the collections at South Kensingtonbut for other collections, by enabling the public at atrifling cost to understand something of the history and characterof the subjects treated of.
The authorities referred to in each book are given in the largecatalogues; where will also be found detailed descriptions of thevery numerous examples in the South Kensington Museum.
August, 1875.
ANCIENT AND MODERN
FURNITURE AND WOODWORK
BY
JOHN HUNGERFORD POLLEN
WITH NUMEROUS WOODCUTS
Published for the Committee of Council on Education
BY
CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY
LONDON.
DALZIEL BROTHERS, PRINTERS, CAMDEN PRESS, N.W.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Furniture Ancient and Modern | 1 |
| II. | Antique: Egypt, Nineveh and Greece | 4 |
| III. | The Romans | 16 |
| IV. | Byzantine Art | 35 |
| V. | The Middle Ages | 41 |
| VI. | The Fifteenth Century | 59 |
| VII. | The Renaissance in Italy | 66 |
| VIII. | Renaissance in England, Flanders, France, Germany, and Spain | 78 |
| IX. | Tudor and Stuart Styles | 85 |
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