HISTORY12: ENGLISH EARLY RENAISSANCE (OAK)

English early renaissance

the age of oak

Tudor period

Period of the tudors, Henry VII, Mary I

Wainscotting

English counterpart of Boisserie

Stucco/Pargework

Elaborate plasterwork; esp. an ornamental facing for plaster walls, sometimes decorated with figures in low relief or indented

Parchemin

low relief that looks like sheet of paper

Strapwork

stylized representation in ornament of leather

Romayne work

decorative detail in which head, often in profile, were carved in medallion or architectural elements. Means roman like

Wainscot chair

typical antique Tudor chairs, called sette chair with a tall straight backs with storage underneath

Chair table

With a rectangular or Circular back hinge. A chair convertible into a table

Table Dormant

dining table placed in Dais

Hutch table

a serving table with cupboard

Aumbry

Livery cupboard used as a storage for food

Press

storage of linens or clothing

Elizabethan Period

the golden age of English Renaissance history. The reign of Queen Elizabeth

Melon bulb

an ornament inspired from the bulbous sleeves of men

Jacobean

Period from James I, The first stuart line.

Farthingale chair

Chair for women during Jacobean period

Fatingale

a term for skeletal skirt for women

Gateleg table

Legs open up like gate to open leaves of table

Cromwellian

A period when they ousted James I. Named after Oliver Cromwell