Adam, ceiling ornaments of,93Andirons,84Appliques, in hall and staircase,119Araldi's ceiling in the convent of St. Paul, Parma,97Architrave of door, seeDoorway;of mantel-piece,82Arm-chair, modern,128Armoires, old French and Italian,117Ashby, Castle, Inigo Jones's stairs in,111Aviler, d', his description of dining-room fountain,158Ball-room,137;in Italy,138;Louis XIV,139;lighting of,140;chairs,140Barry, Madame du, dining-room of,156Bath-room,172;in Pitti Palace,172Bedroom, development of,162;Renaissance,162;Louis XIV,162;XVIII-century,163;cotton hangings in,164;suite, plan of,169;children's,182Bedstead, history of,163Belvédère, at Versailles, frescoes in,42Bérain, ceiling arabesques of,98Bergère, origin of,7;design of,128Bernini, his staircase in the Vatican,108Bindings, decorative value of,146Blinds,73Blois, spiral stairs in court-yard of château,109;cabinetof Catherine de' Medici,123Blondel, on doors,58;on fireplaces,74Book-cases, medieval,145;in Catherine de' Medici'scabinet,145;in France in the XVII century,146;built into the wall,147;in England,149;modern,148Books in the middle ages,145;in the Renaissance,146Bosse, Abraham, engravings of Louis XIII interiors,69;examples of state bedrooms,123Boudoir,130;modern decoration of,170Bramante, his use of the mezzanin floor,5Breakfast-room,160Bric-à-brac, definition of,184;knowledge of,187;superiority of old over new,190Burckhardt, on medieval house-planning,107, noteByfield, G., his stairs at Hurlingham,111Cabinet, Italian origin of,123;used in French Renaissance houses,123;of Catherine de' Medici, book-cases in,145Campbell'sVitruvius Britannicus, example of Palladian manner,4;of English house-planning,135Carpets, in general color-scheme,29;choice of,100;Savonnerie,100;designs of,101;stair-carpets,102,118;hall-carpets,118Caserta, staircase in royal palace,108Casino del Grotto, near Mantua, frescoes in,42;ceilings in,98Casts in vestibule,105;in hall,118;in school-room,178Ceilings,89;timbered,90;in France and England,91;Elizabethan,92;Louis XIII,92;Louis XV,92;Louis XVI,93;Adam,93,96;objections to wooden,94;modern treatment of,95;frescoed,97Chambord, staircase at,109Chambre de parade,123Chandeliers,140,159Chanteloup, library of,149Chantilly, stair-rail at,113Chevening, Inigo Jones's stairs at,111Cheverny, fireplace at,74Chinese art, influence of, on stuff patterns,166Chippendale's designs for grates,81"Colonial" style, the,81Color, use of, in decoration,28;predominance of one color in each room,28;color-schemes,29Cornices, interior, Durand on,94Cortile, Italian, modern adaptation of,117Coutant d'Ivry's stair-rail in the Palais Royal,113Curtains, mediæval and Renaissance,69;in XVII and XVIII centuries,70;muslin,72Dado, the,37;sometimes omitted in lobbies and corridors,38Decoration and furniture, harmony between,13;individuality in decoration,17;graduated scheme of,24"Den," furniture of,152;decoration of,153Dining-chairs, mediæval,156;XVII century,159;XVIII century,159Dining-room, origin of,155;in France,154;in England,155;furniture of,156;French, XVIII century,157;fountains in,158;decoration of modern,160;lighting of,160;state,160;heating of,161Dining-table, mediæval,156;modern,161Donowell, J., his stairs at West Wycombe,111Doors,48;sliding, origin of,49;double,49;mediæval,51;in palace of Urbino,52;in Italy,52-54;locks and hinges,55;in the Hôtels de Rohan, de Soubise, and de Toulouse,56;glass doors,57;treatment in England,57;mahogany,58;panelling, principles of,59;veneering,61;concealed doors,61;entrance-door,103Doorway, proper dimensions of,51,60;treatment of, in Italy,52;in France,55;in England,57Drawing-room, in modern town houses,20;evolution of, in England,122;in France,122;origin of modern,124;treatment of, in England and America,124;furniture of,127Dressing-room,171Duchesse,130Durand, J. L. N., on originality in architecture,10;on interior cornices,94Easton Neston, use of panel-pictures at,46Entrance, treatment of,103;entrance-door,103Fenders,85Fire-backs,80Fire-boards,86Fireplaces,74;mediæval, construction of,75;in Italy,75;in France,76;lining of,80;American,81;accessories of,84Fire-screens,86Floors,89;of brick or stone,99;marble and mosaic, in Italy,99;parquet,99;of vestibule,104;of ball-room,140Fontana, his staircase in the royal palace, Naples,108Fountains in dining-rooms,158Fresco-painting, in wall-decoration,41;examples of, in Italy and France,42;in ceiling-decoration,97;in Italy,97;in France,98;in Italian gala rooms,139Furniture, in the middle ages,7;furniture and decoration, harmony between,25;modern English and American,26;XVIII century, in France and England,27;in vestibule,105;in hall,117;insalon de compagnie,125;in drawing-room,127,128;English, XVIII century,129;in dining-room,156;in bedroom,171;in school-room,180Gabriel, influence of, on ornamental detail,56;on ceilings,93;on stair-rails,114Gala rooms,134;uses of,135;in Italy,136Gallery,137Genoa, royal palace, doors in,54Gibbons, Grinling, carvings for panel-pictures,46Gilding, deterioration of,192Giulio Romano's frescoes in the Palazzo del T,136Grand'salle, mediæval,110Grates,81Gwilt, his definition ofstaircase,106Hall,106;old English,110;uses of,115;modern treatment of,115;decoration of,117;furniture,117;floor of,118;lighting of,119;prints and pictures in,119Holkham, over-mantels at,81Hôtel de Rohan, doors in,56de Soubise, doors in,56de Toulouse, doors in,56Houghton Hall, doors in,57, noteHouse, Carlton, stair-rail in,114Devonshire, stair-rail in,114Norfolk, stair-rail in,114Individuality in decoration,17Isabella of Este's apartment at Mantua, doorways in,52Jones, Inigo, his introduction of Palladian manner in England,4, note;influence on ceiling-decoration,92;on plan of English hall,110;his stairs at Castle Ashby,111;at Chevening,111Juvara, his staircase in the Palazzo Madama, Turin,108Lambrequin, origin of,71Lamour, Jean, his wrought-iron work at Nancy,112Lantern in vestibule,105Laurano, Luciano da, palace of Urbino built by,6Lebrun, door-locks inGalerie d'Apollondesigned by,55Le Riche, frescoes of, in Belvédère, Versailles,42Library,145;in the university at Nancy,149;of Louis XVI, at Versailles,149;of Chanteloup,149;modern, decoration of,150Lit de parade,122Lit de repos,130Longhi, frescoes of, in Palazzo Sina, Venice,143Louis XIII, windows,69;ceilings,92Louis XIV, modern house-furnishing dates from his reign,8;style, characteristics of,14;window-shutters,69;influence on French,77;mantels,78;ceilings,98;stair-rails,112;ball-rooms,140Louis XV style, characteristics of,13;doors,56;ceilings,92;wrought-iron work,112;stair-rails,113Louis XVI style, characteristics of,12;Gabriel's influence on,56,93;doors,57;ceilings,93;stair-rails,114Luciennes, Madame du Barry's dining-room at,157Mantegna's ceiling, palace of Mantua,97Mantel-pieces, Italian Renaissance,77;French Renaissance,77;Louis XIV,78;XVIII century,79;American,82;facing of,83Mantua, doorways in palace,52,54;Mantegna's ceiling in,97;cabinetof Isabella of Este,123Mario dei Fiori,139Massimi alle Colonne, palace of, in Rome,6Mezzanin, origin of,5; treatment of,6Ministère de la Marine, Paris, door in,61Mirrors, use of, in over-mantel,79;painted, in Borghese Palace, Rome,139;in ball-rooms,141Morelli's staircase in Palazzo Braschi, Rome,108Morning-room,132Mullions, use of,66Music-room,142;at Remiremont,143Music-stand,144Music-stool,144Nancy, wrought-iron work at,112;library in the university,149Naples, staircase in royal palace,108Niches, in hall and staircase,117Nursery,181Oberkampf, inventor of color-printing on cotton,166Object of art, definition of,187;reproductions of,191Openings, placing and proportion of,23;lines of, carried up to ceiling,37,52,65,74;treatment of, in rocaille style,56Orders, use of, in wall-decoration,36;application to doorways in Italy,53;in France,54;in England,57;in ball-rooms,139Originality in art,9;J. L. N. Durand on,10Over-doors, mediæval treatment of,52;in Italy,53;in France,55;Louis XVI,57Over-mantels, Renaissance,76;use of mirror in,79;XVIII-century treatment,79;in England,81Palais Royal, stair-rail in,113Palazzo Borghese, Rome, painted mirrors in,139Braschi, Rome, staircase in,108Gondi, Florence, stairs in,108Labia, Venice, frescoes in,136Madama, Turin, staircase in,108Massimi alle Colonne, Rome, date of,6Piccolomini, at Pienza, staircase in,108, notePitti, Florence, bath-room in,172Reale, Caserta, staircase in,108Reale, Naples, staircase in,108Riccardi, staircase in,108, noteSina, Venice, frescoes in,143del T, Mantua, frescoes in,136Palladian window,67Panelling, in Italy and north of the Alps,40;wood, stone and stucco,40,42;subdivisions of,43Parma, Araldi's ceiling in convent of St. Paul,97;rocaille stoves in museum,121Pavia, Certosa of, doorways in,52Perroquets,141Perugia, ceiling in the Sala del Cambio,97Perugino's ceiling in the Sala del Cambio, Perugia,97Peruzzi, Baldassare, his use of the mezzanin,5Piano, design of,143Pictures, proper background for,45;mode of hanging,46;in hall,119;in dining-room,160;in school-room,180Picture-frames, selection of,45Plan of house in relation to decoration,23Plate-glass in windows,67Pompadour, Madame de, dining-room fountain of,158Pompeii, wall-frescoes of,41Portière, use of,59Presses, old English,117Prints in hall,120;in school-room,180Privacy, modern indifference to,22Proportion, definition of,31;Isaac Ware on,32Pyne'sRoyal Residences, examples of pictures set in panels,46Rambouillet, Madame de, her influence on house-planning,8Raphael, ceilings of,97Remiremont, music-room at,143Renaissance, characteristics of domestic architecture,4;doors,52;window-curtains,69;mantels,76,77;ceilings,90-92;French architects of,109Rennes, Palais de Justice, carved wooden ceilings,89Rugs, Oriental,29,100;modern European,101Salon à l'Italienne, seeSaloonSalon de compagnie, origin and use of,123,125;decoration and furniture of,125;lighting of,126Salon de famille, origin and use of,123Saloon, adaptation of, in England by Inigo Jones,111;introduction in France,123;uses in Italy,136;at Vaux-le-Vicomte,137School-room,172;decoration of,178Screen in Tudor halls,110Shobden Court, stairs in,111Shutters, interior decoration of,69;at Vaux-le-Vicomte,69;in rooms of Mesdames de France, Versailles,69;purpose of,72Sideboard, mediæval,156;in France,157Smoking-room,151Stairs,106;development of, in Italy,107;in the Palladian period,108;in the XVII and XVIII centuries,108;spiral,109;in hall, in England,111;construction of, in Italy,112;in France,112Stair-carpets,118Staircase, meaning of term,106;walls of,117;in simple houses,119;lighting of,119Stair-rails, in Italy and France,112;Louis XIV and XV,113;Louis XVI and Empire,113;Tudor and Elizabethan,114;Palladian, in England,114Stoves, use of, in hall,120;examples of old stoves,121;in dining-room,161Stucco, use of, in decoration,40;panelling, in Italy,40;in ceilings,90;in Elizabethan ceilings,92;combined with painting,97Stuff hangings,44Stupinigi, frescoes at,42;over-mantels at,80Styles, essence of,11;conformity to,13Symmetry, definition of,33;advantages of,34Tapestry, use of, in northern Europe,39;its subordination to architectural lines of room,39Tiepolo, frescoes of, in the Villa Valmarana,42;in the Palazzo Labia,136Titian's "Presentation of the Virgin," doorway in,53Toiles de Jouy,166Trianon-sous-Bois, fountains in banqueting-gallery,158Udine, Giovanni da, ceilings of, in collaboration with Raphael,97Urbino, ducal palace of,6;doors in,52;fireplace in,74;cabinetof Isabella of Este,123;Vanvitelli's staircase at Caserta,108Vatican, Bernini's staircase in,108Vault, the Roman, influence of, on ceilings,191Vaux-le-Vicomte, interior shutters at,69;saloon at,137Versailles, frescoes in Belvédère,42;windows in rooms of Mesdames de France,68;shutters in same,69;library of Louis XVI,148Vestibule,104;furniture of,105;lighting of,105;absence of, in English house-planning,110Villa, Italian, chief features of,4, noteVilla Giacomelli, at Maser, over-mantel in,76;Madama, in Rome, ceiling of loggia,97;Rotonda, near Vicenza, saloon in,136;Valmarana, near Vicenza, frescoes in,42;Vertemati, near Chiavenna, over-mantel in,76;carved wooden ceiling in,89Viollet-le-Duc, on doorways,52, note;on mediæval house-planning,109Voguë, Hôtel, at Dijon,7Wall-decoration,38Wall-papers,44Walls,31Ware, Isaac, on proportion,32;on sliding doors,49;his definition of staircase,106West Wycombe, Donowell's stairs at,111Windows, decorative value of,64;dimensions of,65;plate-glass in,67;French or casement,68;sash,68;curtains,69,70;shutters,69,72;lambrequin,71;muslin curtains,72;blinds,73Wood-box,86