The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . Fia. 16. Characteristic mounts of the Jacobean The mounts of Jacobean furniture were not con-spicuous. Scutcheons of iron or brass for keyholeswere for the most part either very modest or lackingaltogether. Sometimes a metal V-shaped flange wasplaced under the keyhole of chests as a guide for thekey in a dark muniment room. In the later Caroleantimes, when the refinements of the Continental cabinetmakers were more appreciated, we find gr
The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods . Fia. 16. Characteristic mounts of the Jacobean The mounts of Jacobean furniture were not con-spicuous. Scutcheons of iron or brass for keyholeswere for the most part either very modest or lackingaltogether. Sometimes a metal V-shaped flange wasplaced under the keyhole of chests as a guide for thekey in a dark muniment room. In the later Caroleantimes, when the refinements of the Continental cabinetmakers were more appreciated, we find gracefullyshaped brass scutcheons either chased or fretted (, B and F). The handles of drawers and cabinet doors in the JACOBEAN PERIOD 69 earlier part of the period were simple knobs of eitherwood or metal (Fig. 16, I) or else—and, these a littlelater—drop loops (Fig. 16, C and D). With Caroleanrefinements came pendent drops of brass (Fig. 16, E andG), sometimes hanging from chased or fretted mounts(Fig. 16, A). Drop loops continued in use also as wellas plain knobs. The early hinges were modest iron strap affairs orelse conceale
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