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See Baluster .
Narrative scenes painted on Italian maiolica.
Loosely used to refer to the seventeenth century (1600-1699), but literally the style period from 1600-1650. Furniture of this period was characterized by vivacious carving on solid forms.
Wine glasses engraved with symbols of the Jacobites (supporters of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's claim to the throne).
In furniture, it's the European (and American) imitation of Oriental lacquering, made by using spirit and oil varnishes, in use from the late C17th. It's also a term applied to the black varnish coating on the hilt of swords, the primary purpose of which is to prevent rusting. These are often augmented by decorative use of overpainting and giltwork.
A hard fine-grained stoneware decorated with high relief medallions, developed by Wedgwood.
Term used to describe furniture made by a joiner.
A stool made with mortise-and-tenon joints (as opposed to a boarded-and-nailed stool). The most common piece of furniture in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century houses.
Sparsely-decorated Japanese porcelain made by the Kakiemon family in the 17th century. The style was much imitated by later potters.
A fine white granite clay used in hard-paste porcelain, also known as China clay.
Rug-making centre in Southern Iran, noted for high quality products.
Rugs from central Caucasus, usually decorated with distinctive geometric designs.
Resembling the keel of a boat, it's the sharp edge frequently found on the corner of cabriole legs .
A flat woven rug with no pile.
When a piece of wood is cut on one side of with a number of deep, close-set parallel slits, the purpose of which is as to bend it. Used in the construction of rounded drawer-fronts, etc.
Fixed on the carcase either side and just above a (usually top) drawer this strip or block of wood prevents it from tipping downwards when open.
A writing desk with drawers on either side and a central recess for the user's legs.
See Finger joint .
See Braganza
Made from the sap of the lac tree, which turns hard and black on exposure to air and sunlight, and applied in successive layers, lacquer is used as a ground for Chinese or Japanese decoration, usually of figures in landscapes etc. More rarely, dyes were mixed with the sap to produce various colours. It can also be carved, and polished, and layers of differing colours, carved and etched, were often used to great effect.
A country chair with a back made from a series of horizontal bars between the two vertical uprights.
A Turkish prayer rug, usually decorated with a niche and stylized tulip flowers.
In silverware, the technique used to join a spoon finial to the stem by cutting each piece in opposing L-shapes.
See Dovetail .
Glass containing lead oxide which gives extra weight and brilliance.