. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . (SIK SltNCER PONSONIiY-PANE.) frequently left unpanelled. The cypress or camphor chests are referred to in the Taming ofthe Shrew— In cypress chests my arras counterpoints,Costly apparel, tents, and linen, Turkey cushions bossed with pearls,Valence of Venice gold in of brass, and all things that belongTo house or housekeeping. Such chests were at times decorated with poker work, burnt into the wood by hot irons. Our pre-Stuart forefathers, who must have possessed a patience not alway
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . (SIK SltNCER PONSONIiY-PANE.) frequently left unpanelled. The cypress or camphor chests are referred to in the Taming ofthe Shrew— In cypress chests my arras counterpoints,Costly apparel, tents, and linen, Turkey cushions bossed with pearls,Valence of Venice gold in of brass, and all things that belongTo house or housekeeping. Such chests were at times decorated with poker work, burnt into the wood by hot irons. Our pre-Stuart forefathers, who must have possessed a patience not always given to their de-scendants, to have endured solong the difficulty and dis-comfort involved in obtainingaccess to their goods whenstored at the bottom of theirchests, would have welcomedthe chest with drawers whichwas slowly evolved in the seventeenth century. The single row ofdrawers at the top or bottom of the chest was gradually increaseduntil the article was entirely fitted with drawers upon a stand,or entirely enclosed as in the Tallboy (Highboy) double. STUART CHEST. 228 DECORATIVE FURNITURE chests of the succeeding days of William the Dutchman and hissuccessors. STUART DECORATIVE DETAILS In consequence of near proximity, the artists and craftsmen ofEngland have usually seen continental styles through the spectaclesof our Gallic neighbours. Art lovers at least have little quarrel with the royal Stuarts ;the admiration for the arts beautiful, of Charles i. and Charles ii.,rendered their attitude towards the artists the reverse of that ofthe vandalistic Puritans, who paid men by the day to break thestained-glass church windows and scatter the royal treasures, selling Rubens Woman takenin Adultery for £20,and a portrait of Hen-rietta Maria, by VanDyck, for five shillings!— prices which makethe habitues of Christiesfeel that they were borntoo late! A distinction worthremembering when dating old furniture, is that in Stuart furniturethe panels gradually were made relati
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