_Oil Polish._--Old furniture, before the introduction of varnishes and French polish and other inartistic effects, was polished by rubbing the surface with a stone, if it was a large area as in the case of a table, and then applying linseed oil and polishing with beeswax and turpentine. The fine tone after centuries of this treatment is evident in old pieces which have a metallic lustre that cannot be imitated. _Parquetry._--Inlays of woods of the same colour are termed parquetry work in contradistinction to marquetry, which is in different colour. Geometric designs are mainly used as in parquetry floors. _Reeded._--This term is applied to the style of decoration by which thin narrow strips of wood are placed side by side on the surface of furniture. _Renaissance._--The style which was originated in Italy in the fifteenth century, supplanting the Mediaeval styles which embraced Byzantine and Gothic art; the new-birth was in origin a literary movement, but quickly affected art, and grew with surprising rapidity, and affected every country in Europe. It is based on Classic types, and its influence on furniture and woodwork followed its adoption in architecture. _Restored._--This word is the fly in the pot of ointment to all who possess antiquarian tastes. It ought to mean, in furniture, that only the most necessary repairs have been made in order to preserve the object. It more often means that a considerable amount of misapplied ingenuity has gone to the remaking of a badly-preserved specimen. Restorations are only permissible at the hands of most conscientious craftsmen. _Rococo._--A style which was most markedly offensive in the time of Louis XV. Meaningless elaborations of scroll and shell work, with rocky backgrounds and incongruous ornamentations, are its chief features. _Baroque_ is another term applied to this overloaded style. _Settee._--An upholstered form of the settle. _Settle._--A wooden seat with back and arms, capable of seating three or four persons side by side. _Splat._--The wooden portion in the back of a chair connecting the top rail with the seat. _Strapwork._--This is applied to the form of decoration employed by the Elizabethan woodcarvers in imitation of Flemish originals. (See p. 68.) _Stretcher._--The rail which connects the legs of a chair or a table with one another. In earlier forms it was used as a footrest to keep the feet from the damp or draughty rush floor. _Tenon._--"Mortise and Tenon joint." (See _Mortise_.)