Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 271
pine timber was used at first forthis work, but was displaced later bythe more substantial oak. This oakpanelling during the Gothic periodswas often carved with elaborate traceryof an architectural character (Figs. 222^227,), and a common design was acarved imitation of a carefully foldedtextile,… … Fig. 224.—Enghsh ; Fif-teenth CentuT}-. (P.) FURNITURE. 253 table being a board which was placed on trestles, thatcould be removed and packed away when not required(Figs. 225, 226). A cross-legged chair and a three-legged
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