TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. I THE HISTORICAL TRADITION II ROOMS IN GENERAL III WALLS IV DOORS V WINDOWS . VI FIREPLACES VII CEILINGS AND FLOORS. VIII ENTRANCE AND VESTIBULE IX HALL AND STAIRS X THE DRAWING-ROOM, BOUDOIR, AND MORNING-ROOM. XI GALA ROOMS: BALL-ROOM, SALOON, MUSIC-ROOM, GALLERY 134 XII THE LIBRARY, SMOKING-ROOM, AND "DEN". 145 . 155 162 LIST OF PLATES I ITALIAN GOTHIC CHEST II FRENCH, ARM-CHAIRS, XV AND XVI CENTURIES IV FRENCH SOFA AND ARM-CHAIR, LOUIS XIV PERIOD V ROOM IN THE GRAND TRIANON, VERSAILLES VI FRENCH ARM-CHAIR, LOUIS XV PERIOD VII FRENCH Bergère, Louis XVI PERIOD VIII FRENCH Bergère, Louis XVI PERIOD. IX FRENCH SOFA, LOUIS XV PERIOD. X FRENCH MARQUETRY TABLE, LOUIS XVI PERIOD. FACING PAGE I 6 10 12 14 16 20 24 28 30 XI DRAWING-ROOM, HOUSE IN BERKELEY SQUARE, LONDON. 34 FACING PACE XVI DOOR IN THE SALA DELLO ZODIACO, DUCAL PALACE, XIX SALON DES MALACHITES, GRAND TRIANon, Versailles 68 XXV CEILING OF THE SALA DEGLI SPOSI, DUCAL PALACE, 104 106 108 XXVIII ANTECHAMBER, VILLA CAMBIASO, GENOA XXXIII FRENCH Armoire, LOUIS XIV PERIOD XXXIV SALA DELLA MADDALENA, ROYAL PALACE, GENOA XXXV CONSOLE IN PETIT TRIANON, VERSAILLES XXXVI SALON, PALACE OF FONTAINEBLEAU XXXVII ROOM IN THE PALACE OF FONTAINEBLEAU XXXVIII Lit de Repos, EARLY LOUIS XV PERIOD XL PAINTED WALL-PANEL AND DOOR, CHANTILLY XLI FRENCH BOUDOIR, LOUIS XVI PERIOD XLII Salon à l'italienne LII FRENCH DINING-CHAIR, LOUIS XIV PERIOD LIV BEDROOM, PALACE OF FONTAINEBLEAU . 158 158 162 . 168 184 |