CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

The Middle Ages

PAGES
1-29

Ecclesiastical Art—Wood-carving and Carvers—Primitive Character
of the Furniture of Castles and Mansions—Huchiers—Menuisiers-
A Typical Bedroom—Dinanderie—Wood-work and panelling—Chest,
banc, bahut, sideboard, dressoir, credence, table and chair—Embroid-
eries—Definition of Chambre—Textiles and Tapestries—Ecclesias-
tical Hangings—Tapestry-weavers—Tapestry of Philip the Bold-
Flemish Looms—Cordovan and Flemish Leathers—Goldsmith's
Work—Glass and Glass-workers—Guilds of St. Luke.

CHAPTER II
The Burgundian Period .31-62
The luxurious Dukes of Burgundy—Possessions of the House of
Burgundy—The Burgundian Court—Household of Philip the Good-
the Feast of the Pheasant—the Duke of Burgundy at the Coronation
of Louis XI—Arras Tapestries—Sumptuous Dressoirs and their
Adornments—Celebrations in honour of the Knights of the Golden
Fleece—Luxury of Charles the Bold—Charles the Bold at Treves-
Furnishings of the Abbey of Saint-Maximin—Charles the Bold's
Second Marriage—Furnishings of the Banqueting Hall at Bruges-
Descriptions by Olivier de la Marche—Alienor of Poitiers' Descrip-
tions of the Furniture of the Duchess of Burgundy's Apartments-
Rich Dressoirs—the Drageoir and its Etiquette—the Etiquette of
the Escarbeau—Philip the Bold's Artisans—Flemish Carving—the
Forme or Banc—Burgundian Workmanship—Ecclesiastical Work-
Noted Carvers—Furniture of the Period—the " Golden Age of
Tapestry "—Embroideries—Tapestry-weavers of the Low Countries
—Introduction of Italian Cartoons—Goldsmiths' Work—Furniture
of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries.

CHAPTER III

The Renaissance : Part I

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Dawn of the Renaissance—The Transitional Period—Coffers and
Bahuts—Court of Margaret of Austria—Perreal's Style—Margaret's
Tomb by Perreal—Taste of the Regent—Margaret's Tapestries,
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