l. Knole House, Kent. The older portions of the house are of the Tudor Period and were built between 1456 and 1486. Thomas Sackville, first Earl of Dorset, did extensive remodeling between 1603 and 1608. It is from that remodeling that the great Jacobean interiors survive. Seen here is the North End of the Hall with its famous Jacobean screen.

2. Knole House, Kent. The great staircase of 1605-8 is one of the first in England to be conceived as a room in its own right, worthy of an ambitious architectural scheme and not merely a means of passing from one floor to another by the most convenient route. The painted decoration by Paul Isaacson incorporates a trompe l'oeil version of the balustrade on the outer walls.

3. Knole House, Kent. The Ballroom, originally the great chamber of the Tudor House. The chimneypiece of various colored marbles was executed by a Flemish artist, Cornelius Cuer.

4. Seventeenth Century State Chair in the Spangle Bedroom at Knole House. Note original upholstery strained over the arms and legs. The form was derived from the Dante chair of Italy.

5. Farthingale chair, also known as back stool, circa,1600. Turkey work upholstery in imitation of Turkish carpets.

6. Oak faldyn table. This is an early form of a gate-leg table. Notice the gate structure that is doweled into the back stretcher and back apron so that it can swing behind the table to support the leaf, here shown leading against the wall. This design provided a small table that could be doubled in size with ease. "Faldyn" is, of course, a 17th century English way of saying "folding."