Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber's notes:

italics converted to _
bold converted to =
small caps converted to +
gesperrt converted to ~
page 33 ...he native effort fred... typo repaired at
...the native effort freed...
illustration caption typo stretches repaired at stretchers
illustration caption typo carbriole repaired at cabriole
'patine' is the French version of the Latin/Italian,
and English word 'patina'
page 11 word screscent repaired for crescent
This book contains instances of hyphenated and
unhyphenated variants of words. All retained.

JACOBEAN FURNITURE

JACOBEAN FURNITURE
AND
ENGLISH STYLES IN OAK AND WALNUT

BY
HELEN CHURCHILL CANDEE

+Author of "Decorative Styles and Periods,"
"The Tapestry Book," Etc.+

_WITH FORTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS_

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1916, by_
+Frederick A. Stokes Company+

_All rights reserved_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I +Early Jacobean Styles+ 3
=James I Crowned 1603.=

II +Jacobean Styles to Charles II+ 14

III +The Middle of the Century+ 27
=End of the Pure Jacobean.=

IV +Carolean Styles or the Restoration+ 37
=Charles II, 1660 to 1685.=

V +The End of the Seventeenth Century+ 48
=William and Mary, 1689-1702.=

ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE

I The small Jacobean room of elegance
and intimacy _Frontispiece_

FACING
PAGE

II Late Tudor mantel 4

III Late Tudor bed 5

IV Large oak chest 6

V Early Jacobean chest of carved oak 7

VI Oak chest with drawers 8

VII Oak stand and marquetry cabinet 9

VIII Gate-leg table, forming console with gate
closed 10

IX Oak chairs 11

X Oak chest of drawers 12

XI Early Jacobean cabinet 13

XII Oak chairs 16

XIII Spiral turned chair, characteristic of first half
of Century 17

XIV Oak cabinet, dated 1653 20

XV Oak gate-leg dining table 21

XVI Oak day beds 24

XVII Stuart chairs 25

XVIII Marquetry cabinet about 1700 28

XIX Walnut cabinet 29

XX Stuart settee with carving. Second half of
XVII Century 42

XXI Charles II chairs in varying styles in carving 43

XXII Walnut sofa 44

XXIII Gilt mirror, time of Charles II 45

XXIV Interesting chair transitional between Stuart
Styles and William and Mary 48

XXV Chairs in variants of William and Mary 49

XXVI Chest of drawers in burr walnut veneer 50

XXVII Small walnut table 51

XXVIII Carved chairs. Period of William and Mary 52

XXIX Walnut chairs, William and Mary 53

XXX Queen Anne single chair. Queen Anne arm
chair. Walnut Queen Anne chairs 54

XXXI Queen Anne chair 55

JACOBEAN FURNITURE