The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history (1911)
Foley, Edwin · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 313
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 Britisliwoodwork decorationand largely employed.The diamond orlozenge was seldomused until the Crom- wellian period, whilst Jacobean steap-woek detail, feom house at studland. notching, possibly inspired by the wavy…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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