so green, so green, so green

“O the month of May, the merry month of May,
So frolic, so gay, and so green, so green, so green;
O and then did I unto my true love say,
Sweet Peg, thou shalt be my summer’s queen.”

—Thomas Dekker, from The Shoemaker’s Holiday, first performed at the Rose Theatre, London, in 1599. Edited by Anthony Parr, 1975.

the jolly nut-brown bowl

“Troll the bowl, the jolly nut-brown bowl,
And here, kind mate, to thee.
Let’s sing a dirge for Saint Hugh’s soul,
And down it merrily.”

—Thomas Dekker, from The Shoemaker’s Holiday, first performed at the Rose Theatre, London, in 1599. Edited by Anthony Parr, 1975. From the footnotes: Troll=pass, nut-brown i.e. the colour of the ale it contains.

glorious glittering gold!

“Did she give thee this gold? O glorious glittering gold! She’s thine own, ’tis thy wife, and she loves thee; for, I’ll stand to’t, there’s no woman will give gold to any man but she thinks better of him than she thinks of them she gives silver to.”

—Thomas Dekker, from The Shoemaker’s Holiday, first performed at the Rose Theatre, London, in 1599. Edited by Anthony Parr, 1975.

brownstone.

Soft brown sandstone. Also, buildings of this material.
—A History of Interior Design, by John Pile, 2000.

golden mean.

A ratio or proportion in which the smaller number is to the larger as the larger is to the sum of the two, or A:B=B:A+B.
—A History of Interior Design, by John Pile, 2000.

Golden Oak style.

American furniture style of the late 19th century using brown colored oak.
—A History of Interior Design, by John Pile, 2000.

lantern.

A windowed structure rising above the top of a dome or roof.
—A History of Interior Design, by John Pile, 2000.

marquetry.

Elaborate surface decoration using inlay in wood veneering.
—A History of Interior Design, by John Pile, 2000.

oculus.

A circular opening or window at the top of a dome.
—A History of Interior Design, by John Pile, 2000.

ormolu.

Gilded bronze used as decorative detail on furniture of the Neoclassical period.
—A History of Interior Design, by John Pile, 2000.