{ Late Jacobean. THE WALNUT PERIOD { William and Mary, 1688. { Queen Anne, 1702.
"MAHOGANY" PERIOD { Chippendale. { 18th Century. (and other imported { HEPPELWHITE. { woods), or { SHERATON { CHIPPENDALE PERIOD. { THE ADAM BROTHERS. {
{ Almost no furniture exists of the 13th { Century. We get the majority of our GOTHIC PERIOD, { ideas from illustrated manuscripts of Through 14th Century. { that time. The furniture was carved { oak or plain oak ornamented with { iron scroll work, intended both for { strength and decoration.
RENAISSANCE OR { The characteristic, heavy, wide mouldings ELIZABETHAN, { and small panels, and heavy round 16th Century. { carving.
{ Panels large and mouldings very narrow and { flat, or no mouldings at all, and flat { carving. The classic influence shown during JACOBEAN OR { the period of the Commonwealth in designs, STUART PERIOD, { pilastars and pediments was the result of a 17th Century. { classic reaction, all elaboration being { resented. WALNUT PERIOD, { The Restoration brought in elaborate late 17th Century. { carving. Dutch influence is exemplified { in the fashion for inlaying imported from { Holland, as well as the tulip design. { Turned legs, stretchers, borders and spiral { turnings, characterized Jacobean style.
In the GOTHIC PERIOD (extending { through 14th Century), as { the delightful irregularity in { line and decoration shows, { Tables, chests, presses (wardrobes), there was NO SET TYPE; each { chairs and benches or piece was an individual creation { settles. and showed the personality { of maker. {
During RENAISSANCE OR ELIZABETHAN { PERIOD (16th Century) { Table chests, presses, chairs, types begin to establish { benches, settles, and small and repeat themselves. { chests of drawers.
{ Inlaying in ebony, ivory, { mother-of-pearl, and ebonised { oblong bosses of the jewel type { (last half of 17th Century). In the JACOBEAN (17th Century) { The tulip design introduced there was already a set type, { from Holland as decoration. pieces made all alike, turned { Turned and carved frames and out by the hundreds. { stretchers; caned seats and { backs to chairs, velvet cushions, { velvet satin damask and { needlework upholstery, the { seats stuffed.
Henry VIII made England _Protestant_, it having been Roman Catholic for several hundred years before the coming of the Anglo-Saxons and for a thousand years after.