. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . Newark depth, 2 ft 1 iu. Though bearing the date 1605, and thus—to be chronologically exact—just on the Stuart side of the style-boundary, this cupboard is,save in this respect and in its twist-turned posts, so typical of theLate Tudor period, that its inclusion thereunder needs little apology. The craftsmanship shown in the construction is evidence of thetechnical improvement which English joinery by the end ofElizabeths reign exhibits; not a joint has given. The doors arerule-jointed, rounded at their junctions with the
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . Newark depth, 2 ft 1 iu. Though bearing the date 1605, and thus—to be chronologically exact—just on the Stuart side of the style-boundary, this cupboard is,save in this respect and in its twist-turned posts, so typical of theLate Tudor period, that its inclusion thereunder needs little apology. The craftsmanship shown in the construction is evidence of thetechnical improvement which English joinery by the end ofElizabeths reign exhibits; not a joint has given. The doors arerule-jointed, rounded at their junctions with the end posts, whichare hollowed out for their reception. The stringing and other inlays are of box and holly (slightlystained, one is inclined to think, when the piece was made), the blackwood is not ebony, but is also stained in imitation of that wood, asare the turned posts: a comforting precedent for almost all-shammodern days. The oak is of exceptionally rich shade; no wood being moreresponsive in colour variations to the vicissitudes of its existence. «s. BRITISH DECORATIVE FURNITURE-TUDOR 85 more enduring materials of wood and stone. He often availed him-self of the opportunity of a play upon his clients name, such as acarved barrel or tun fastened to a wall: a rebus requiring no prodigiousmental effort to decipher as Walton; whilst tlietun, if lengthened, as easily reads for Langton—asin Bishop Langtous Chantry at Winchester; theaddition of the domestic fowl transforming thecarved jest into Henton. The same elementaryhumour caused the Gothic workmen to represent the effigies of theirspuitual teachers and craft rivals, the monks, in unseemly attitudes andwith absurd accessories on corbels and misereres ! indeed, the mixture ofa simplicity almost childish, with wealth of conception, elevated and vivifying thought, is equallyapparent in building and furni-ture until the were erected whoseplans were based upon theirowners initials, or the lettersH a
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