. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . esperate struggleHolland generally, and Amsterdam in particular,became the asylum of religious liberty againstSpanish oppression, the practice of all creedsbeing permitted. Freedom-loving foreigners, skilful workers intextiles, tapestry, satin and brocades, carvers,cabinetmakers and inlayers, gold and silver smiths,flocked to Holland, filling the towns to overflow-ing, and contributing even more to her prosperitythan did the refugees after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes in 1685. They utilised their mari-time power to carr
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . esperate struggleHolland generally, and Amsterdam in particular,became the asylum of religious liberty againstSpanish oppression, the practice of all creedsbeing permitted. Freedom-loving foreigners, skilful workers intextiles, tapestry, satin and brocades, carvers,cabinetmakers and inlayers, gold and silver smiths,flocked to Holland, filling the towns to overflow-ing, and contributing even more to her prosperitythan did the refugees after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes in 1685. They utilised their mari-time power to carry on a flourishing trade with the Indies. The DutchEast India Company was founded at the commencement of the seven-teenth century, and had thoroughly established itself in the East beforeour own East India Company, to whom a charter had been granted in1600, seriously attempted to challenge their supremacy. In the intervalsof peace with the Spanish peninsula the thrifty Hollander imported the cane furniture, which after Charles the Seconds accession became so 295. FOLDING CHAIR. CENTURY. 296 DECORATIVE FURNITURE
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