CHAPTER VIII.--FURNITURE.

Penelope's couch--Chaldean furnished house--The bed--Earl of Leicester's inventories--State apartment of Alessandri Palace--Indian embroideries for furniture--The sofa and chair--The footstool--Furniture stitches--The table cover--The screen--Book covers--Morris on furniture 280

Art of dress--Ancient splendour--Persian, Greek, and Roman--Indian--Homeric--Early Christian--Charlemagne's mantle and robe--Objects of dress--Embroidered garments 294