DOI Heft:
Nr. 335 (April 1925)
DOI Artikel:Perrault, James: Furniture of old Spain
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19985#0057
inceRnACionAL
VARGUENO SIXTEENTH CENTURY
pletely covered with a spread woven with Spanish city as a guarantee that the laws had been com-
honesty and sturdiness after graceful Moorish plied with. Imagine what would happen to Grand
patterns, and at its head there would be a diptych Rapids if laws of this kind were enforced today!
or triptych with its image of the Saviour or the Leather workers had similar regulations governing
Virgin Mary. tneir craft. They were limited to the use of hides
The furniture, as we have said, was serious of horses, mares and mules because the hides of
first because it was made to satisfy masculine cows and calves became quickly moth eaten,
taste and second because it was made under strict Chests of drawers were never popular in Spain,
regulations of workmanship. The wood, that is Old-fashioned chests were and still are preferred
the walnut, must be free from flaws, and must be and were of all shapes, sizes and patterns. In
cut at the time of the waning moon and not used country houses today one may find over a score of
until it had been thoroughly seasoned and would these chests and never a single bureau. They held
not warp. The four nails used to fasten the seat everything from clothing, linen and silver to grain
of the chair to the legs must traverse the frame and tools, and when closed they served as seats
completely and be hammered back upon the other because chairs were never plentiful. Some were
side, unless the surface was inlaid. The finished carved in high relief; others were mounted with
chair must be stamped with the official seal of the iron, and occasionally with brass or silver, or
APRIL 1925
fifty-seven
VARGUENO SIXTEENTH CENTURY
pletely covered with a spread woven with Spanish city as a guarantee that the laws had been com-
honesty and sturdiness after graceful Moorish plied with. Imagine what would happen to Grand
patterns, and at its head there would be a diptych Rapids if laws of this kind were enforced today!
or triptych with its image of the Saviour or the Leather workers had similar regulations governing
Virgin Mary. tneir craft. They were limited to the use of hides
The furniture, as we have said, was serious of horses, mares and mules because the hides of
first because it was made to satisfy masculine cows and calves became quickly moth eaten,
taste and second because it was made under strict Chests of drawers were never popular in Spain,
regulations of workmanship. The wood, that is Old-fashioned chests were and still are preferred
the walnut, must be free from flaws, and must be and were of all shapes, sizes and patterns. In
cut at the time of the waning moon and not used country houses today one may find over a score of
until it had been thoroughly seasoned and would these chests and never a single bureau. They held
not warp. The four nails used to fasten the seat everything from clothing, linen and silver to grain
of the chair to the legs must traverse the frame and tools, and when closed they served as seats
completely and be hammered back upon the other because chairs were never plentiful. Some were
side, unless the surface was inlaid. The finished carved in high relief; others were mounted with
chair must be stamped with the official seal of the iron, and occasionally with brass or silver, or
APRIL 1925
fifty-seven