Our homes, and how to beautify them . beams, and oakfurniture were the general e(]ui|)nient of tile best tlwellings, e\en those of themanor-house type. Ihe period from the accession of Henr) VII. to theCommonwealth ma), in fact, be regardetl as pa;- : the Oak Age in AND HOW TO BEAUTIFY THEM. Kngland. This wood, in its duraljilit), its massiveness and sturd) grandeur,was specially tjpical of the great Tudor times. As a decorative materialit was susceptible of the massive dignit) characteristic of what, notwith-standing persecution by bigots and the occasional folly of kings, was aspl
Our homes, and how to beautify them . beams, and oakfurniture were the general e(]ui|)nient of tile best tlwellings, e\en those of themanor-house type. Ihe period from the accession of Henr) VII. to theCommonwealth ma), in fact, be regardetl as pa;- : the Oak Age in AND HOW TO BEAUTIFY THEM. Kngland. This wood, in its duraljilit), its massiveness and sturd) grandeur,was specially tjpical of the great Tudor times. As a decorative materialit was susceptible of the massive dignit) characteristic of what, notwith-standing persecution by bigots and the occasional folly of kings, was asplendid and imposing age. Mahogany did not come into general usefor furniture until the early part of the i8th Century, and walnut, although it was miport-at an earlieralways ijuiteoak in the do-A^hen, there-is made to theJacobean st\le,in mind theits (]ualities, itsstrength, andt i \ e u n s u i t a -cate handicraft,also to keep inof the transi-long jjrevailinghad so longEnglish art,and secular,tic architecturegasp of theinduence. The. TH CKXILKV ENGLISH (sOUTH KE-N ^I-\ GTOn). ed from Italyperiod, ?\\ a ssubsidiar) tomestic scheme,fore, referenceElizafjethan orone has to keepmaterial used,distinction, itswithal its rela-bilit) for deli-And one hasmind the effecttion from the(rothic whichdominate dboth s a iM e dTudor domes-was the lastexpiring (lothicp ointed arch was becoming flatter and flatter, until in the time of Elizabeth it survived only inthe four-centred curves of the great chimney-piece. THE BEGINNING OF THE ?•HOME. pUT there is yet another, and a still more important, point in connection with the Elizabethan style which must not be ignored. It was the outward and visible manifestation of the idea that is conveyed in the phrase English home. For home, as we now understand it, was then assuming a definable shape. OUR HOMES, The family was be-ginning to associateitself, as a detail ofthe national habit,w i t h a CO m m o ndomicile. Note thevast importancegiven to the
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