The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 76
hiteness of their houses. Traces stillexist upon some few old examples, suchas the Faversham Coffer (Plate II.), show-ing that the work was usually painted, andthat gilding was also resorted to at times,as in the case of the Coronation Chair. Until nearly the close of the Gothic period the woodwork… … CARVED CHESTNUT COFFER-FRONT.FOURTEENTH CENTURY. CLOSE OF THE MIDDLE AGES Towards the end of the fifteenth-century, clerical dominance wasdeclining. Feudalism was upon its last legs, internal dissensionsassisting its fall. By the capture of Constantinople by the Turks in1453 the long-tottering and…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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