The carved oak cradle (p. 107), with the letters "G. B. M. B." on one side, and "October, 14 dai," on the other, and bearing the date 1641, shows the type of piece in common use. It is interesting to the collector to make a note of the turned knob of wood so often found on doors and as drawer handles on untouched old specimens of this period, but very frequently removed by dealers and replaced by metal handles of varying styles, all of which may be procured by the dozen in Tottenham Court Road, coarse replicas of old designs. Another point worthy of attention is the wooden peg in the joinery, securing the tenon into the mortice, which is visible in old pieces. It will be noticed in several places in this cradle. In modern imitations, unless very thoughtfully reproduced, these oaken pegs are not visible. [Illustration: _By permission of Messrs. Hampton & Sons._ EBONY CABINET. On stand gilded and richly carved. FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF OLIVER CROMWELL. (From Olivers Stanway, at one time the seat of the Eldred family.)] In the page of Jacobean chairs showing the various styles, the more severe piece, dated 1623, is Early Jacobean, and the fine unrestored armchair of slightly later date shows in the stretcher the wear given by the feet of the sitters. It is an interesting piece; the stiles in the back are inlaid with pearwood and ebony. The other armchair with its cane panels in back is of later Stuart days. It shows the transitional stage between the scrolled-arm type of chair, wholly of wood, and the more elaborate type (illustrated p. 123) of the James II. period. [Illustration: JACOBEAN CARVED OAK CHAIRS. Yorkshire, about 1640. Derbyshire; early seventeenth century. (_Victoria and Albert Museum._)] [Illustration: _By permission of the Rt. Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane, G.C.B, I.S.O._ JACOBEAN OAK CUPBOARD. ABOUT 1620.]