The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . Fia. 1. Jacobean Oak Cupboard, c. 1665, Characteristic Strapwork Frieze. Geomet-rical Panels Made of Applied Mouldings Inlaid in Centre. Detail of Frieze at Courtesy of Mr. R. W. Lehne, Philadelphia. of England, and 1688, when the second James fled be-fore the victorious approach of William of Orange. By a narrower but, at the same time, more strictlyaccurate application, the term Jacobean is re-stricted to the period from 1603 to 1649. The dev
The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . Fia. 1. Jacobean Oak Cupboard, c. 1665, Characteristic Strapwork Frieze. Geomet-rical Panels Made of Applied Mouldings Inlaid in Centre. Detail of Frieze at Courtesy of Mr. R. W. Lehne, Philadelphia. of England, and 1688, when the second James fled be-fore the victorious approach of William of Orange. By a narrower but, at the same time, more strictlyaccurate application, the term Jacobean is re-stricted to the period from 1603 to 1649. The develop- JACOBEAN PERIOD 31 merits between 1649 and 1660 are classified as Crom-wellian. To everything subsequent to the Restora-tion and prior to 1688 the term Carolean is applied. While bearing in mind the more usual and com-prehensive scope of the designation Jacobean, thenarrower and more exact usage is perhaps prefer-able as it enables us to refer readily to certain specificfurniture types without incessantly quoting approxi-mate dates. Besides, the names Cromwellian andCarolean carry with them lively historical associa-tions that are n
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