{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