Chapter VIII

The French Revolution and the First Empire--Influence on design of
Napoleon's Campaigns--The Cabinet presented to Marie Louise--Dutch
Furniture of the time--English Furniture--Sheraton's later
work--Thomas Hope, architect--George Smith's designs--Fashion
during the Regency--Gothic revival--Seddon's furniture--Other
makers--Influence on design of the Restoration in France--Furniture
of William IV. and early part of Queen Victoria's reign--Baroque
and Rococo styles--The Panelling of Rooms, Dado, and Skirting--The
Art Union--The Society of Arts--Sir Charles Barry and the new
Palace of Westminster--Pugin's designs--Auction Prices of
Furniture--Christie's--The London Club Houses--Steam--Different
Trade Customs--Exhibitions in France and England--Harry Rogers'
work--The late Queen's cradle--State of Art in England during the
first part of Queen Victoria's reign--Continental designs--Italian
carving--Cabinet work--General remarks 203

CHAPTER IX.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION:--Exhibitors and contemporary Cabinet
Makers--Exhibition of 1862, London; 1867, Paris; and
subsequently--Description of Illustrations--Fourdinois, Wright and
Mansfield--The South Kensington Museum--Talbert's Work--Revival of
Marquetry--Comparison of Present Day with that of a Hundred Years
ago--Æstheticism--Traditions--Trades-Unionism--The Arts and Crafts
Exhibition Society--Kensington School of Woodcarving--Independence
of Furniture--Present Fashions--Writers on Design--The New
Renaissance--"Trade" Journals--Modern Furniture in other
Countries--Concluding Remarks 229