The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 316
the French ambassador, who is said to have reportedthat the English were so attached to their beer that they drank itout of their boots ! The single flap table of early Jacobean days was now enlargedinto the picturesque circular or oval top gate-leg table. The long domination of oak was drawing to… … BRITISH DECORATIVE FURNITURE-STUART, 1603-88 231 century, was also im-ported into Britishwoodwork decorationand largely employed.The diamond orlozenge was seldomused until the Crom- Wellian period, whilst Jacobean strap-work detail, from house at studland. notching, possibly inspired by the wavy…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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