Furniture History (Part 9) : Robert Adam style furniture 1728 -1792

Robert Adam (3 July 1728 . 3 March 1792) was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He developed the "Adam Style", and his theory of "movement" in architecture, based on his studies of antiquity, by contrasting room sizes and decorative schemes.
He replaced the ornate curvature of the Chippendale designs with the straight lines of Roman columns. The chair back usually has the classical motif like the shape of a Greek lyre.
Furniture at this time was often made of mahogany and satinwood.

Furniture History (Part 7) : George III style furniture 1760 - 1820

George III was the grandson of George II. He was born in 1738 and reigned from 1760 until 1811 over the United Kingdom. The Prince of Wales, George IV, acted as Regent for the next 9 years until the death of George III in 1820.

Mahogany was the preferred wood. Painted satinwood and giltwood expressed the English interpretation of Rococo.

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Desk

Chest of Drawer

Dresser

Bookcase

Secretare

Display

Barometer

Furniture History (Part 6) : George II style furniture 1727 - 1760

George II, born in 1683, was king in Great Britain from 1727 until his death in 1760.

Mahogany replaced walnut as the fashionable wood. mahogany furniture furniture is dark reddish and did n't need varnishing.

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Table

Furniture History (Part 5) : George I style furniture 1714 - 1727

George I, born in 1660, was king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 until his death in 1727.

Much of the fine George I furniture was made of walnut and also veneered with walnut (veneering: covering with thin layers)

The serpentine curves, the cabriole leg of rounded section and the claw-and-ball-foot were all features of George I period chairs in England.

Furniture History (Part 4) : Georgian style furniture 17th - early 18th century

This furniture style was during the reign of George I, George II, George III in Great Britain. The most important change that occurred in the furniture in Georgian style was the replacement of walnut, by mahogany. The legs are elaborately carved terminating in a pad or ball-and-claw foot. Separate designers distinguished themselves in the late Georgian period, this is known as the "The Golden Age of Furniture". Important designers were: Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Adam. Common items included side tables with marble tops, chairs peaked with shells and legs graced with fish-scaled scrolls.

Furnitur History (Part 3) : Queen Anne style furniture 1702 - 1714

Queen Anne (1665 - 1714) 1702 - 1714 was the last monarch of the House of Stuarts. The Queen Anne style is a refinement of the William and Mary style with lighter, graceful, more comfortable furniture.

The single most important decoration of Queen Anne furniture was the carved cockle or scallop shell. Cabinetmakers replaced the straight, turned legs with more graceful cabriole legs. The leg had an out-curved knee and an in curved ankle.

Walnut became the preferred wood along with cherry and maple. Imported mahony began to be favoured. Regardless of the wood, a small amount of Queen Anne furniture was painted white.

The feet in which the legs of furniture terminate underwent alteration and improvement. Ultimately claw and ball feet make their reappearance, and makes an attractive finish to the heavier type of cabriole leg that evolved after the disuse of the stretcher. Scroll feet are generally associated with the earlier Queen Anne furniture, but there were also club feet, spade feet, the drake foot which was carved with three toes and a square moulded type of foot.

Card and the collapsible bridge table or gaming tables were another Queen Anne innovation.

Still popular are lacquer work, the rich oriental wares and china, the use of gesso design, and the Dutch marquetry cabinets, with their bombe sides and fronts and profuse decoration.

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