Chapter II: The English Renaissance

CARVED OAK CHEST, English, Sixteenth Century 59

BENCH OF OAK, French, about 1500 60

PORTION OF CARVED WALNUT VIRGINAL, Flemish, Sixteenth Century 61

CARVED OAK COFFER, French, showing interlaced ribbon-work 61

FIREPLACE AND OAK PANELLING, "Old Palace," Bromley-by-Bow.
Built in 1606 64

ELIZABETHAN BEDSTEAD, dated 1593 66

PANEL OF CARVED OAK, English, early Sixteenth Century 68

MIRROR, in oak frame, English, dated 1603 71

COURT CUPBOARD, carved oak, English, dated 1603 73

" " carved oak, early Seventeenth Century 74

" " about 1580 75

ELIZABETHAN OAK TABLE 78