The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 134
Newark depth, 2 ft 1 iu. Though bearing the date 1605, and thus—to be chronologically exact—just on the Stuart side of the style-boundary, this cupboard is,save in this respect and in its twist-turned posts, so typical of theLate Tudor period, that its inclusion thereunder needs little apology. The… … BRITISH DECORATIVE FURNITURE-TUDOR 85 more enduring materials of wood and stone. He often availed him-self of the opportunity of a play upon his clients name, such as acarved barrel or tun fastened to a wall: a rebus requiring no prodigiousmental effort to decipher as Walton; whilst tlietun, if…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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