The decorative periods . e connected together by bands of pierced strap work, decoratedwith Arabesques in low relief. Later in theJacobean period, which is arbitrarily fixed at 1603and continued until 1649, the panels were composedof purely geometrical forms, circles, squares, loz-enges and interlacing quatrefoils. ELIiABETHAN THE Jacobean Period covered almost twenty-fiveyears, from 1603 to 1625. The Tudor mix-ture of Gothic and Renaissance was graduallymodified under the influence of Inigo Jones. Themodification simplified the shape of the furnitureand introduced classic detail, and the resu
The decorative periods . e connected together by bands of pierced strap work, decoratedwith Arabesques in low relief. Later in theJacobean period, which is arbitrarily fixed at 1603and continued until 1649, the panels were composedof purely geometrical forms, circles, squares, loz-enges and interlacing quatrefoils. ELIiABETHAN THE Jacobean Period covered almost twenty-fiveyears, from 1603 to 1625. The Tudor mix-ture of Gothic and Renaissance was graduallymodified under the influence of Inigo Jones. Themodification simplified the shape of the furnitureand introduced classic detail, and the result of thisinfluence may be called Jacobean. The Jacobeanperiod was an art period, and may be best charac-terized as thatperiod wheresimple classicdetails were in-troduced uponheavy and sub-stantial furni-ture, as distin- guished from the later classicrevival of the brothers Adamor the Transition Period inFrance. The classic designdetails were applied to a sim-plified construction of thefurniture of the JACOBEAN
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