In rec.antiques  zemedelec@aol.comspamfree (Zemedelec) wrote:

> It was described to me as "neo-Jacobean" when I bought it 20
>years ago in Redwood City in northern California.


In **Britain the "Neo-Jacobean (style)" was an architectural and decorative
style of the later half of the 19th century and early quarter of the 20th
century.


> I took this to mean a later
>imitation of the Jacobean style--maybe vintage 1920s.  


Basically just another 'revival' style and more of less concurrent with the
Queen Anne revival. Some may claim the two styles to be one of the same
revival movement. Imitation is maybe not quite the right term of phrase. Its
roots are of course based upon the Jacobean architectural and decorative
period, but like all revivals it uses the style in a different treatment.

In Britain the style (both Neo-Jacobean and the Queen Anne revival) was
popularized by the architect Richard Norman Shaw (1831-1913) who was one of
the leading lights in the English Domestic Revival movement. Shaw was an
eclectic architect and worked in styles ranging from Gothic Revival to the
Neo-Baroque.



** In the USA probably something 'awesome' and completely different. 




-- 
Ronnie