. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . buildings, door and tabernacleframes, panelling, and other interior wall decorations, blendingItalian classic, Louis xiv., xv., and rococo details in the style knownas Georgian. CRAFTSMEN In addition to the French craftsmen whocrossed over at the revocation of the Edict ofNantes, so many Flemish workmen were importedby our Dutch Deliverer and his Queen, that apiece of William and Anne furniture may eitherbe the work of a Dutch craftsman working athome or in England, or of Englishmen influencedby the now omnipotent Batavian patt
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . buildings, door and tabernacleframes, panelling, and other interior wall decorations, blendingItalian classic, Louis xiv., xv., and rococo details in the style knownas Georgian. CRAFTSMEN In addition to the French craftsmen whocrossed over at the revocation of the Edict ofNantes, so many Flemish workmen were importedby our Dutch Deliverer and his Queen, that apiece of William and Anne furniture may eitherbe the work of a Dutch craftsman working athome or in England, or of Englishmen influencedby the now omnipotent Batavian patterns. From the days of the Commonwealththe British cabinetmaker had shown increasingtechnical excellence. Reinforced by the importedDutch and refugee French workmen, the crafts-manship of English furniture from the times ofWilliam and Mary is little, if at all, inferior tothe best work of the , CAKE BACKED. With the couclusiou of the seventeenth E A R L Y E I G H T E E N T H- CENTURY cHAiB. SPANISH ceutury we also reach the termination of the. FOOT. SOUTH KENSIMQTON MUSEUM. period when English decorative woodwork WILLIAM, ANNE, AND GEORGE L—1688-1727 381 partially in consequence of its practical limitation to the oak andother coarse-fibred woods—was coarse in comparison with theproductions of Italy, France, and other continental nations usingthe finer-grained walnut, chestnut, pear, and other woods. WOODS Although oak, some chestnut, cedar, and other woods wereused for constructional (carcase) or foundation work, the technicalhandicap imposed by the wood practically ceased during the daysof William and Anne, when the vogue of walnutbecame almost as pronounced as that of oak hadbeen at its height. Large numbers of walnut treeshad been planted in the days of Queen Elizabeth,but more than half a centurys growth is necessarybefore the centre or heart of the trunk is largeenough. The grain of the English walnut is usuallysomewhat coarser and lighter in colour
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