GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Gothic furniture of the 15th and early 16th century was usually made of oak. Case pieces, morticed and tenoned like the paneled wall, often appeared to be extensions of it. Chief among several popular designs was the linen-fold pattern, used for wall boarding, on the backs of settles, high back armchairs, and the sides of chests and cupboards. Chests served as closets. Stools and benches were the most common forms of seat furniture.
During the 16th century, walnut gradually replaced oak for finer furniture, since it was less apt to splinter and could be carved more easily. It also looked better, taking a rich polish like a patinaed bronze. Architectural in form, Renaissance furniture relied on relief ornamentation contained within a rectangular outline. Many pieces of furniture could be disassembled; chairs folded up for east transport by cart to the owner’s second or third estate. There he would reside for several weeks, collecting rents, before moving to another property.
Excerpt from
Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1985), 154.
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set operator as and
apply to objects where department_id equals 60
apply to objects where classification_name contains furnishings
apply to objects where date_end lte 1600
apply to objects where date_begin gte 1400
exclude objects where title contains frame
Category
rules_operator
AND
General Description
Gothic furniture of the 15th and early 16th century was usually made of oak. Case pieces, morticed and tenoned like the paneled wall, often appeared to be extensions of it. Chief among several popular designs was the linen-fold pattern, used for wall boarding, on the backs of settles, high back armchairs, and the sides of chests and cupboards. Chests served as closets. Stools and benches were the most common forms of seat furniture.
During the 16th century, walnut gradually replaced oak for finer furniture, since it was less apt to splinter and could be carved more easily. It also looked better, taking a rich polish like a patinaed bronze. Architectural in form, Renaissance furniture relied on relief ornamentation contained within a rectangular outline. Many pieces of furniture could be disassembled; chairs folded up for east transport by cart to the owner’s second or third estate. There he would reside for several weeks, collecting rents, before moving to another property.
Excerpt from
Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1985), 154.
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rules
Apply To
Objects
department_id
Equals
60
Apply To
Objects
constituent_id
Contains
furnishings
source file
time_and_place-0050.xml.nores