. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. h in its influence extends far INFLUENCE OF ANTIQUE MODELS 11 into the reign of her successor, James I., and indeed it is hard inmany cases to tell tother from which—the Elizabethan fromthe Jacobean, as it was called. Political and social conditions were reflected more in articlesof domestic use in those days than they are now. The arts andindustries were encouraged and patronized more by the royaltyand people of the court, and such patronage continued for a longperiod during each reign. It is to this royal fostering of the
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. h in its influence extends far INFLUENCE OF ANTIQUE MODELS 11 into the reign of her successor, James I., and indeed it is hard inmany cases to tell tother from which—the Elizabethan fromthe Jacobean, as it was called. Political and social conditions were reflected more in articlesof domestic use in those days than they are now. The arts andindustries were encouraged and patronized more by the royaltyand people of the court, and such patronage continued for a longperiod during each reign. It is to this royal fostering of the artsand industries of the political divisions and periods of formertimes that we derive much of our inspiration and influence inmatters of art and literature—we draw deeply from these wellsprings. Furniture Much Ornamented The early part of the Elizabethan period was characterized bymuch ornamentation, principally carving, the frames designedquite with the purpose of having the cabinet work a foundationfor elaborate ornament of enriched turnings, carved panels,. Settle of the Cromwell Period. Strap work, bands and borders. Not until well into the periodof the Jacobean Style—James I (1603-1625)—was there evi-dence that the carver worked for the joiner instead of the joinerbuilding frames for the carver to decorate. 12 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN The cabinet maker was then beginning to work for recogni-tion more in the excellence of his joinery and by the display ofmolded and mitered panel work, and while the general forms ofthe over-enriched and the plain are quite similar, as the JacobeanStyle is reviewed and we sit back and read of the history of thetime, we are impressed that political and social conditions dohave an influence on the character of the clothes we wear andthe furniture we use, for when Cromwell became Protector heand his followers certainly would have none of the things of the
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