Glossary

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Jacobean - Period in English design from 1603 to 1688, characterized by practicality and a tendency toward Baroque. Early American furniture is based on this period. Box - like and architectural in style.

Japanning - A process much used in the 18th century by which furniture and metalwork were enameled with colored shellac and the decoration raised and painted with gold and other colors.

Joinery - The craft of assembling woodwork by means of mortise and tenon, dovetail, tongue and groove, dowels, etc.