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Elizabeth), which was not at that date altogether laid aside.* Butthe ordinary, and by far the most numerous kind of seats were JptQClifebthe varieties of which have been already mentioned in the descriptionsof the several apartments. It may be remarked, that a peculiar round-ness in all the parts characterised the workmanship of the householdseats, &c. to which we have been directing the attention of ourreaders.

With <£usfylOtt£ and Window |i3lUotus> we shall perhaps includenearly every article of this class of furniture then in use. The cushionswere stuffed — not unlike the woolsack of the lord chancellor — inround, square, and oblong shapes, covered with carpet-work, velvet,or embroidery; the family arms here again frequently supplying thedevice.'!' Of the ease and luxury of such seats we may be assured,from what the Earl of Monmouth tells us of Queen Elizabeth’s death.He says, “ She had cushions laid for her in her privy-chamber, andthere she heard service. From that day she grew worse and worse:she remained upon her cushions four days and nights at least: all abouther could not persuade her to go to bed.” Hentzner notices a roomat Hampton Court , where Queen Elizabeth gave audiences to foreignambassadors, which had cushions ornamented with gold and silver.

The reader will recognise in the ottomans of our own time thecushions of the sixteenth century, which were indeed then acknow-

* The Roman fashion of crossed legs for chairs and stools was a common shape; andthe sofa or couch of the present day was then also in use.

+ In the chapel at Hengrave there was a round cushion with the picture of our Ladywrought with gold; and in the chapel closet a cushion of “ crimson cloth of gold.”—History of Hengrave.