In the treatment of English furniture, writers frequently speak of the artistic work produced in France during the reigns of monarchs of the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. The list is as follows: -

Francis I.

I5I5-I547.

Henry II.

1547-1559.

Francis II.

1559-1560.

Charles IX.

1560-1574.

Henry III.

I574-I589.

Henry IV.

1589-1610.

Louis XIII.

1610-1643.

Louis XIV.

1643-1715.

Louis XV.

I7I5-I774.

(Regency

1715-1723)

Louis XVI.

1774-1793.