Various forms of cupboards, ambries, and dressoirs were developed at this time, panelled and decorated with linenfold or Gothic carved ornament. |
Panelling, often carved with linenfold and sometimes with other Gothic motifs, was used on the back, arms, and base. |
Panelling was frequently decorated with a flat form of ornament called linenfold, or parchment. |
An old door, with its linenfold decoration, is still in place. |
Many pieces of early Renaissance English furniture combined linenfold panelling with medallion heads and Italianate cupids, but by the middle of the century both new ornament and new forms had replaced the medieval style. |
Finds included hidden pieces of Elizabethan linenfold panelling, a 17th century fork, musket ball and 1775 penny under the kitchen floorboards. |