. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . centre or heart of the trunk is largeenough. The grain of the English walnut is usuallysomewhat coarser and lighter in colour than that ofcontinental varieties. The bulk of walnut furniturewas veneered—probably as much upon deal as upon i- -J J- i QUEEN AXXE WALNUT oak, though naturally more of the oaken pieces have toilet-glass. Pro- ^ * •*? perty of VISCOUNTESS survived. wolseley. For veneer work bun- walnut, acacia, olivewood, and laburnumwere much employed. Finely grained walnut logs were carefully set aside for veneeringon
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . centre or heart of the trunk is largeenough. The grain of the English walnut is usuallysomewhat coarser and lighter in colour than that ofcontinental varieties. The bulk of walnut furniturewas veneered—probably as much upon deal as upon i- -J J- i QUEEN AXXE WALNUT oak, though naturally more of the oaken pieces have toilet-glass. Pro- ^ * •*? perty of VISCOUNTESS survived. wolseley. For veneer work bun- walnut, acacia, olivewood, and laburnumwere much employed. Finely grained walnut logs were carefully set aside for veneeringon oak. We have noted the practice of bleaching walnut in order toheighten the contrasts which prevailed from the commencement ofthe pro-Dutch trend of taste, together with the introduction towardsthe conclusion of the Carolean period of the concentric or whorl-figured veneer work known as oystered from the resemblanceof its grain to the appearance of the oyster shell. Its peculiar figure was obtained by slicing transversely the smaller limbs or boughs of50. 382 DECORATIVE FURNITURE walnut, lignum vita;, or the somewhat sickly - looking the period now under consideration it was greatly favoured. Though mahogany, whose long reign we shall note in the nextperiod, is stated to have been used for a chair made for Williamof Orange, it was not until about 1720 that it began to supplantwalnut. Numerous examples exist, made from the new wood erethe close of George the Firsts reign. The woods used in late Stuart marqueterie—pine, yew, pear,apple, cherry, holly, box, and ebony—were employed in conjunctionwith laburnum, olivewood, acacia, and sycamore in William andAnne times. Doubtless the Dutch importation of Eastern woodsfor inlaying purposes was stimulated by the English market. INLAYING OR MARQUETERIE, which continued in favour from Stuart days, merits more extended notice than has previously been necessary. It may be unnecessary to premise that it is a process
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