Our homes, and how to beautify them . KIG. iS. ).\K tcmfio JA:MES FIG ig. JACOBEAN COUCH. ^iVZ) //0?f^ 70 BEAUTIFY AND JACOBEAN FURNITURE. T N noting the features of Elizabethan furniture, one of the most obvious is thatthe constructional lines are decorated instead of the decoration being constructive. We find Renaissance ornament beginning to be introduced ; usually in low relief,/(\ and in ver\conventional and sometimes in fan-tastic forms, but fairlycovering the surfaces,whereby an appearanceof richness of textureis produced, notwith-standing the relativelyuns
Our homes, and how to beautify them . KIG. iS. ).\K tcmfio JA:MES FIG ig. JACOBEAN COUCH. ^iVZ) //0?f^ 70 BEAUTIFY AND JACOBEAN FURNITURE. T N noting the features of Elizabethan furniture, one of the most obvious is thatthe constructional lines are decorated instead of the decoration being constructive. We find Renaissance ornament beginning to be introduced ; usually in low relief,/(\ and in ver\conventional and sometimes in fan-tastic forms, but fairlycovering the surfaces,whereby an appearanceof richness of textureis produced, notwith-standing the relativelyunsympathetic nature ofthe wood. The merging of theElizabethan st}le into the Jacobean was so imperceptible that it is often impossible even for experts to positively assign a particular piece of furniture to either period. The general characteristics of the early Jacobean decoration are greater restraint in ornament in regard to the amount of space it covered, and a more pronounced use ot modelling. Distinctly classic mouldings were employed in conjunction with imaginative fr
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