Produced by Chris Curnow, Jana Palkova and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) 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 [Illustration: Plate I--THE SMALL JACOBEAN ROOM OF ELEGANCE AND INTIMACY] 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_ [Illustration] 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