Chapter VI: Seventeenth Century (dutch) 169–202

Famous Dutch Architects—The Royal Palace on the Dam, Het
Loo, The Mauritshuis and Huis Ten Bosch—Interior Carvings—
Specimens of Rooms and Ceilings in the Rijks Museum—Love
of the Dutch for their Houses—Miniature Dutch Houses and
Models of Old Amsterdam Houses in the Rijks Museum—
Architecture of the Seventeenth Century—A Typical Dutch
Home—The _Luifel_, _Voorhuis_ and _Comptoir_—Interior
Decorations and Furniture—Dutch Mania for Cleaning—
Descriptions by Travellers of Dutch Houses and Cleaning—
Cleaning Utensils—House and Furniture of Andreas Hulstman
Janz, in Dordrecht—Inventory of Gertrude van Mierevelt,
wife of the painter, in Delft—“Show-Rooms” and their
Furnishings—Cooking Utensils—Bedroom in the House of Mrs.
Lidia van der Dussen in Dordrecht—The Cradle and
“Fire-Basket”—The Baby’s Silver—The “Bride’s Basket”—The
“Bride’s Crown” and “Throne”—Decorations for a Wedding—
Description by Sir John Lower of the Farewell
Entertainment to Charles II at the Hague.

CHAPTER VII

THE IMPORTANCE OF PORCELAIN 203–235

Rise of Dutch Taste in Decorative Art—Influence of Foreign
Trade in the Dutch Home—Accounts of Porcelain by Mediaeval
Travellers: Edrisi, Ibn Batuta and Shah Rukh—Quotation
from Pigapheta—A Great European Collection—Monopoly of
Trade by the Portuguese—Quotation from Pyrard de Laval—
Portuguese Carracks—Voyages to Goa and Japan—Porcelain and
Cabinets—Mendoza’s Description of Earthenware—Dutch and
English Merchants—Presents to Queen Elizabeth—Dutch
Expeditions and Establishment of the Dutch East India
Company—Embassy to the Emperor of China in 1655—
Descriptions of the Manufacture of Porcelain—Manufacture
and Potters of Delft—Quotation from d’Entrecolles on
Porcelain and Oriental Trade—Prices—Tea—Tea-drinking—A
Dutch Poet on the Tea-table—Chrestina de Ridder’s
Porcelain—Prices of Porcelain in 1653.

CHAPTER VIII

THE DUTCH HOME 237–270

Love of porcelain—The Amsterdam Mart—Prices of China in
1615—Oriental wares before 1520—Luxury of the Dutch
Colonists—Rich Burghers in New Amsterdam—Inventories of
Margarita van Varick and Jacob de Lange—Dutch Merchants in
the East—Foreign Views of Dutch Luxury—Dutch Interiors
after the Great and Little Masters—House-furnishing by a
young married couple—The Linen Chest—Clothes Chests and
Cupboards—The Great _Kas_—The Cabinet—The Toilet—
Table-covers—Foot-warmers—Looking-glasses—Bedsteads—Tables
and Chairs—Woods—Kitchen Utensils—Silverware—Household
Pets.

CHAPTER IX

DUTCH FURNITURE UNDER FRENCH AND ORIENTAL INFLUENCE 271–293

The Dutch Craftsmen in the Employ of Louis XIV—Huguenot
Emigration—Marot—The Sopha—Upholstery—The Bed—Chairs—
Sconces—Tables—Rooms—English and Dutch Alliances—Hampton
Court—Queen Mary—Looking-glasses—Chandeliers—
Chimney-pieces—The _style refugié_—John Hervey’s
Purchases—Oriental Furniture manufactured after European
Patterns—Complaints of Home Manufacturers—Trade with the
Indies—“Prince Butler’s Tale”—Enormous Importations—
Imported Textiles—Foreign Textiles for Upholstery.