. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . DECORATIVE FURNITURE IN BRITAIN PRIOR TO 1475 33. CARVED OAK CHEST. AKUXDEL CHURCH. In the tenth century the seats were completely panelled withcircular-headed pierced arches, followed (upon the advent of pointedarchitecture) by the high pediment, such as the Coronation Chairof Westminster Abbey, which was made,painted, and gilt about the end of thethirteenth century, but, as is shown in asucceeding chapter, has shared the fate ofthe chairs of Dagobert and St. Peter, inhaving later additions giving it the appear-ance of a Gothi
. The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history . DECORATIVE FURNITURE IN BRITAIN PRIOR TO 1475 33. CARVED OAK CHEST. AKUXDEL CHURCH. In the tenth century the seats were completely panelled withcircular-headed pierced arches, followed (upon the advent of pointedarchitecture) by the high pediment, such as the Coronation Chairof Westminster Abbey, which was made,painted, and gilt about the end of thethirteenth century, but, as is shown in asucceeding chapter, has shared the fate ofthe chairs of Dagobert and St. Peter, inhaving later additions giving it the appear-ance of a Gothic and ecclesiastical stall. In mediaeval times the arts were the recreations of the cloisters,the monks themselves working and teaching. One feels sympathy and gratitude for those old illuminatorsand patient craftsmen who preservedthe arts from extinction during thedarkness of the Middle Ages. Theart-craftsmen of early mediaeval daysmust have had a somewhat sorry time,for, unless in the service of the king or nobles, they were utterlydependent upon the monasteries and abbeys for employment andprotection. It was
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