=Guilloche.= An ornamental pattern formed by interlacing curves. H =High-boy.= A tall-boy or chest of drawers upon high legs. =Hood.= The bonnet top of a high-boy. =Husk.= The form of ornament made from the bell-flower, much used by Hepplewhite. J =Jacobean.= A term applied to furniture of the last quarter of the seventeenth century, although properly it should apply to the period of James I. =Japanning= or =Lacquering=. In the eighteenth century a process copied from the Chinese and Japanese lacquer; in Hepplewhite’s time a method of painting and gilding with a thin varnish. K =Kas= or =Kos=. A Dutch high case with drawers and doors, made to hold linen, and extending to the floor, from which it was sometimes held up by large balls. =Kettle front= or =bombé=. A form of chest of drawers or secretary, in which the lower drawers, toward the base, swell out in a curve. =Knee.= The term applied to the upper curve, next the body, of a bandy leg. =Knee-hole desk.= A desk with a table top, and an open space below with drawers at each side. L =Lacquer.= A Chinese and Japanese process of coating with many layers of varnish. =Ladder back.= A chair back of the Chippendale period, with horizontal carved or sawed pieces across the back. =Low-boy.= A dressing-table, made to go with a high-boy. M =Marquetry.= Inlay in different woods. =Mortise.= The form cut in a piece of wood to receive the tenon, to form a joint. =Mounts.= The metal handles, escutcheons, or ornaments fastened upon a piece of furniture. O =Ogee.= A cyma, or double curve, as of a moulding. =Ormolu.= Mountings of gilded bronze or brass, used as ornaments. P =Pie-crust table.= A table with a raised edge made in a series of curves. =Pier-glass.= A large looking-glass. =Pigeon-hole.= A small open compartment in the cabinet of a desk or secretary. =Patina.= The surface of wood or metal acquired by age or long use. =Pediment.= The part above the body of a bookcase or chest of drawers, with an outline low at the sides and high in the middle, similar to the Greek pediment. =Pembroke table.= A small table with drop leaves, to use as a breakfast table. R =Rail.= The horizontal pieces across a frame or panel. =Reeding.= Parallel convex groovings. =Ribband= or =Ribbon-back=. A chair back of the Chippendale period, with the back formed of carved ribbon forms. =Rococo.= A name derived from two words, rock and shell—applied to a style of ornamentation chiefly composed of scrolls and shells, used in irregular forms, often carried to extremes. =Roundabout= or =Corner chair=. An arm-chair, the back of which extends around two sides, leaving two sides and a corner in front. S =Scroll-top.= A top made of two curves broken at the center, a bonnet top. =Secretary.= A desk with a top enclosed by doors, with shelves and compartments behind them.