Antique Furniture Terms Explained
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- Jacobean Period: The reign (1603-1625) in England of King James I. Inaccurate term when used to describe American furniture.
- Japanning: The European and American practice of imitating Oriental lacquerwork on a wood base covered with layers of varnish and color. Motifs, animals, and figures on the surface were built up with gesso and then were gilded or silvered.
- Jardiniere: A piece of furniture for containing flowers or plants indoors. Usually lined with lead or zinc to enable watering to be done without rotting the wood.
- Joining: Technique of constructing mortise-and-tenon joints used widely in the 17th century. The tenon, or tablike projection, is fitted snugly into the mortise, a hole which has been chiseled to size. A peg placed through both pieces holds them together.
- Joint: Point where two parts of an object meet and are structurally connected.
- Joint stool: Joined, backless seat with turned legs made during the 17th century.
