. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . DETAILS FROMSTUART CHIMNEY-PIECE. SOUTHKENSINGTON. 236 DECOPtATIVE FURNITURE OYSTERING it the begin- Dutch Typical of the concluding years of the Stuart dynasty are thesemicircular endings of the inlaid panels and the Oystered veneer-ing (so called fi-om the similarity of appearance to the oyster shellpresented by the cross-grained slices of walnut or Lignum vitce boughs from whichthe veneer was cut). Fromniug of theinfluence in mar-queterie, walnut fur-niture was bleachedalso, to enhance theeffect. Despite thegreenery-yalleryt
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . DETAILS FROMSTUART CHIMNEY-PIECE. SOUTHKENSINGTON. 236 DECOPtATIVE FURNITURE OYSTERING it the begin- Dutch Typical of the concluding years of the Stuart dynasty are thesemicircular endings of the inlaid panels and the Oystered veneer-ing (so called fi-om the similarity of appearance to the oyster shellpresented by the cross-grained slices of walnut or Lignum vitce boughs from whichthe veneer was cut). Fromniug of theinfluence in mar-queterie, walnut fur-niture was bleachedalso, to enhance theeffect. Despite thegreenery-yallerytendency, which agehas greatly intensifiedwhen laburnum wasused, inlaid mobilia atthe end of the Stuart regime is distinctly interesting and possessedof character. It requires, however, the most careful managementof the surroundings to produce a healthy and harmonious MAEQUETERIE TABLE-TOP, WITH OYSTER WORK FRAME,(SIR GEORGE DONALDSON.) ••THE INDIAN TASTE Though examples of that most charming of the decorative pro-cesses of the Orient, the art of lacquering, were imported in increasingquantities from the Indies, China, and Japan throughout the seven-teenth century, the attempts at reproduction in England from about1675 were but crude, until the days of William and Mary. BRITISH DECORATIVE FURNITURE—STUART, 1603-88 237
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