. The English house, how to judge its periods and styles. series ofmullioned windows, and the recessed panelsare carved into linen folds as at Thame was the origin of this pattern ? Mayit not be traced back to those painted draperieswith which frieze ornaments were made duringthe reign of Henry However that may be, some other patternswere used in Tudor wainscots, often mixedwith Italian details; and fanciful heads, setin a frame of wreaths, were frequently carvedin high relief along the upper panels of a a later time, when the sixteenth centurybecame Shakespearian, plain
. The English house, how to judge its periods and styles. series ofmullioned windows, and the recessed panelsare carved into linen folds as at Thame was the origin of this pattern ? Mayit not be traced back to those painted draperieswith which frieze ornaments were made duringthe reign of Henry However that may be, some other patternswere used in Tudor wainscots, often mixedwith Italian details; and fanciful heads, setin a frame of wreaths, were frequently carvedin high relief along the upper panels of a a later time, when the sixteenth centurybecame Shakespearian, plainer wainscots wereliked, sometimes gilded here and there, andsometimes with painted arabesques. But there are writers who complain of thejoiners work, and say it is far inferior to ourown. Tastes differ, of course, but highly-finishedjoinery has one drawback in a panelled room—it looks too polished and too neat; it needsthose tool-marks which give accident andtexture to less pampered craftsmanship. It isso easy to spoil wood by giving it a surface too.
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