. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . o carved andscrolled. DAY-BEDS As we have noted, the parlour was usually a species of bedroomalso. In consequence, when its functions as a reception and sitting-room were deemed sufficiently important to justify its entire disuse asa bedroom, the bed which had served as a resting lounge during theday was missed; hence arose the day-bed mentioned by Malvolio, inmusing of his happy future, with branded velvet gown, havingcome from a day-bed. But though day-beds appearedat the conclusion of the Tudorperiod, they had apparently lit
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . o carved andscrolled. DAY-BEDS As we have noted, the parlour was usually a species of bedroomalso. In consequence, when its functions as a reception and sitting-room were deemed sufficiently important to justify its entire disuse asa bedroom, the bed which had served as a resting lounge during theday was missed; hence arose the day-bed mentioned by Malvolio, inmusing of his happy future, with branded velvet gown, havingcome from a day-bed. But though day-beds appearedat the conclusion 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. STUAET DAY-BED. Their prompt reintroductionand popularity at the Restoration was probably owing to their gayrevolt against the sadness of Puritan colouring. The design of theday-bed was adapted from the new forms of chairs, the backs beingadjusted, with primitive simplicity, to the desired angle by cords 216 DECORATIVE FURNITURE SETTLES AND COUCHES Of all the settles and benches wliich mediaeval MSS. and otherdocumentary evidence prove to have existed from the earliest times,either as dossiers or similarly shaped to the bancs of Francis days,scarcely any of English decorative and domestic character are to befound earlier than Stuart times,—a period when, as we have noted,the carved high-back all wood settle somewhat yielded its place tomore luxurious upholstered settees such as the Indo-Portuguese setteeat Penshurst, or the example shown in the Colour Plate of Knolefurniture. The latter design, which succeeding generations have foundit difficult to improve upon, considerably resembles a French pattern inuse during the days of Henri Quatre and Louis Treize. LOVE SEATS Love seats, to adopt the jocular term of their day for the doublechairs, were, in their genesis, merely enlarged chairs. Later Stuartdays witnessed
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