The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 295
clusion of the Tudorperiod, they had apparently littlevogue and suffered eclipse fromthe troubled days of the CivilWar; being, one would imagine,equally in danger from usage ordislike by the soldiery. Their prompt reintroductionand popularity at the Restoration was probably owing to their gayrevolt… … STUART DAY-BED. 216 DECORATIVE FURNITURE SETTLES AND COUCHES Of all the settles and benches which mediaeval MSS. and otherdocumentary evidence prove to have existed from the earliest times,either as dossiers or similarly shaped to the bancs of Francis i.s days,scarcely any of English decorative and…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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