The decorative periods . Fifteenth Century and during the Sixteenth Century. Thesedevices sprung from the Eleventh Century Crusaders, whoseshields and arms identified the bearer by the legend or deviceadopted. The shape of the shield varied and included manyexceedingly decorative forms, some of them being never in actualuse, but were simply ornamental inventions which during theSixteenth Century were incorporated into the carvings of thefurniture and became conspicuous decorative details. The shield No. i (see illustrations) was in use in the Twelfth,Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. It is
The decorative periods . Fifteenth Century and during the Sixteenth Century. Thesedevices sprung from the Eleventh Century Crusaders, whoseshields and arms identified the bearer by the legend or deviceadopted. The shape of the shield varied and included manyexceedingly decorative forms, some of them being never in actualuse, but were simply ornamental inventions which during theSixteenth Century were incorporated into the carvings of thefurniture and became conspicuous decorative details. The shield No. i (see illustrations) was in use in the Twelfth,Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. It is made from one-halfto one-third the height of a man. The Fourteenth Centuryshield, straight at the top and rounded at the bottom, was used,but that shape and figures 4, 5 and 6 were probably never borne,but were merely heraldic. At the end of the Fourteenth Cen-tury figures 7 and 10 were introduced. Figures 19 to 26 were
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