Furniture Periods in the United States :
DATES PERIOD
1790-1810 Early Federal
1798-1804 American Directoire
1804-1815 American Empire
1810-1830 Late Federal
1830-1880 Eclectic
1880-1900 Arts&Crafts
1900-1920 Art Nouveau
Although there were many styles of furniture periodical reproductions appeared at numerous times. The Victorian style was influenced by the English and remained strong throughout the 19th century in the United States.
http://www.angelfire.com/ar3/townevictorian/victorianfurniture.html
Please visit our website at
http://www.raisaenglish.com/english-american_furniture_table-dining/
British Furniture Periods
DATES PERIOD
1760-1811 Late Georgian
1812-1820 Regency
1820-1830 Regency
1830-1837 William IV
1837-1901 Victorian
The early years of Victoria's reign saw a new interest in the midieval or Gothic Revival in all aspects of architecture and design. From the mid-to-late Victorian period was a time of lush, abundant and cluttered look with which we associate the term "Victorian". Beyond the 1880's a series of reactions against High Victorian took place: Aestheticism, Art Nouveau, Japonisme, The Arts and Craft movement, the Celtic Revival, the Liberty style and finally, Art Deco. So when anyone speaks about "Victorian taste" we have to find out to which part of Victoria's reign they refer.
Pine
Many 19th century homes housed the lovely simplicity of pine furniture. Pine was practical for furnishing cottages, homes of working people, kitchen and servants rooms. The style was classical and timeless. Two centuries before Queen Victoria's reign pine was used for furniture until the 19th century. The furniture that the pine made was elegant yet simple. It was comfortable and still makes some wish for simpler times.
VICTORIAN FURNITURE
Understanding Victorian Furniture and the different Revivals that came about in the Victorian Era is essential to understanding our own admirations for such diverse and tasteful styles in Victorian Furniture.
CLASSICAL STYLE
The Classical style of furniture had long been around before the 19th century. Robert Adams, George Hepplewhite and Thomas Sheraton based their English Classical designs on excavations from Roman ruins at Pompeii, which also reflected upon American designs of the Federal Period 1785-1850.
EGYPTIAN & GREEK
Egyptian and Greek influences; ornamental chairs, urns, columns, ornamentation, and paws feet dominated the Classical Revival Furniture during 1820s -1840s. It was at this time that the American Empire Pillar Scroll style came upon the scene. This furniture was made from thin sheets of flame – grained mahogany.
GOTHIC REVIVAL
From the 1840s – 1865 Andrew Jackson Downing’s aroused the publics affection for a more romantic style with the fantasy and revival of the Medieval times. Outdoor landscaping of such a house would include towers, turrets and high crowned gables, and pointed arches. Much of the ornamentation of acorns and oak would be reintroduced in furniture and interior designs from Thomas Brooks, Joseph Meeks,George Platt, and Alexander Roux.
RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
Between the years 1860 – 1875 the stylish court of Napoleon III inspired this design to re-immerge. French cabinet makers brought the art of polishing and fine parquetry; that is fine woodwork laid in patterns; incising and engraving into wood. Ormolu or brass ornamentation was an added feature of this fine furniture.
AESTHETIC
From 1885 – 1895 artistry, color and patterns would influence the production of furniture, metal work and ceramics, stained glass, wallpaper and books. Wallpapers and other lavish interior pieces revealed the juxtaposition of a variety of patterns, texture and the careful selection of color in closely related in hue and value. This furniture was adapted from Egyptian, Medieval, Moorish, Oriental and Persian designs.
ROCOCO
During the middle of the 19th Century 1840 – 1865 Rococo or Antique French remained quite popular. This furniture was adapted from the court of Louis XV. Furniture with “S” shaped legs called cabriole had fine carvings of foliage, flowers, fruit and nuts. Upholstery was tufted. Balloon backed chairs would be a comfortable ladies chair in many parlors across the world.
http://www.angelfire.com/ar3/townevictorian/victorianfurniture.html
12 November, 2009
Queen Anne History
Queen Anne Furniture Still Reigns
If you're like many home decor enthusiasts, Queen Anne-style furniture may very well reign supreme in your home. A Queen Anne-style dining room chair may welcome dinner guests to the table, or a handsome lowboy may display your priceless treasures.
But how did this stunning style of furniture make its way into modern times and eventually end up in your home? Here's a look at the story behind the reigning queen of furniture.
Queen Anne Period: 1720-1750
Breaking away from the ponderous 17th century pieces, Queen Anne-style furniture picked up steam in America in 1720 thanks to early English settlers. Philadelphia was becoming a center for culture and trading and a taste for worldly items was developing among the colonists. It was during this time that England was emerging from the Middle Ages and furniture was becoming lighter and more graceful.
Queen Anne-style furniture both now and then offered homeowners elegant, comfortable furniture and the first "period" pieces were born. Furniture was often named after reigning monarchs or innovative furniture designers. Queen Anne-style furniture was, of course, named after Queen Anne of England.
Defining Styles of the Queen Anne Period
One of the most definitive styles of Queen Anne furniture has to be the cabriole leg. An ancient form based on an animal's leg from the knee down, the word cabriole derives from an Italian word via the French. Cabinetmakers began replacing the straight, turned legs of chairs and tables with the graceful, curving cabriole leg. The result was a leg with an out-curved knee and an in-curved ankle. Just look at your dining room table to see for yourself!
Another equally important style of Queen Anne furniture was the carved cockle or scallop shell. This carved scallop shell motif emphasized the curvilinear element. A large shell was often carved on the front of a lowboy or chest. A smaller shell was sometimes carved on the knee of a leg. The scallop shell was, on certain pieces, often made more clearly as a sunburst or fan.
Interesting Dinner Talk
Your beautiful Queen Anne-style dining room table has served you through dinner after dinner. Why not give something back to this fabulous piece of furniture by impressing dinner guests with your new-found knowledge of this era? You may surprise both guests and yourself with just how much you know about your dining room table!
RADT 009
Peter Oval Table
W: 240 D: 110 H: 75 CBM : 0.83
http://www.raisaenglish.com/english-american_furniture_table-dining/
RADT 008 - 110
Pedestal Dining Table 110
D: 110 H: 80 CBM: 0.12
RADT 008 - 120
Pedestal Dining Table 120
D: 120 H: 80 CBM: 0.14
Leg Styles
Popular Leg Design in Furniture
Differenhttp://www.homedecorators.com/Decorating_Ideas/Buying_Guides/156/http://www.homedecorators.com/Decorating_Ideas/Buying_Guides/156/http://www.homedecorators.com/Decorating_Ideas/Buying_Guides/156/t legs help to determine the style of a piece. If the furniture is antique, it helps to date the item as well as determine the designer.
The structure of a furniture leg is simple. The entire support is called the leg. Any bend or curve near the top or the center is defined as the knee. The section just above the base is the ankle, and the area below that - the part touching the floor - is the foot.
Cabriole Leg
Dominant in the 18th century and originating in Italy, the cabriole furniture leg is shaped in a carved, double curve with an out-curved knee and in-curved ankle. It can be used in conjunction with many different foot designs. The cabriole leg is also extremely practical; the balance it achieves makes it possible to support heavy pieces of case furniture on slim legs, without the use of stretchers. A stretcher is a crosspiece that connects, braces, and strengthens the legs of tables and chairs.
Hock Leg
This design is a variation on the cabriole leg, but it has a broken curve on the inner side of the knee.
Lyre-Shaped Leg
This design was popular during the Empire Period, also known as the Classic Style, from 1815-1840. Lyre-shaped legs are just that - two legs come together to form the shape of a lyre, a small, harp-like musical instrument ordinarily strummed like a guitar.
Marlborough Leg
Used in mid-18th-century English and American furniture, a Marlborough Leg is a heavy, straight, sometimes fluted leg with a block foot. These legs were first used in furniture designed for the Duke of Marlborough, from which the name is derived. This design was especially favored by Thomas Chippendale, a furniture maker of the mid to late 18th century.
Parsons Leg
This relatively long leg is fully upholstered, used most often on Parsons Chairs and upholstered benches.
Spiral Leg
A spiral leg resembles a twisted rope, with flutes or grooves winding down the leg. It was originally of Portuguese and Indian origin, and became popular during the Restoration period from 1660-1688.
Saber Leg
This leg is tapered to resemble a cavalry saber and has a graceful curve that flares out. The front legs flare forward, and the rear legs curve out behind. Fine splayed legs are often found on early 19th-century chairs designed by Thomas Sheraton in the Grecian manner.
Tapered Leg
A leg that is wider at the top and the thickness gradually reduces toward the bottom is called a tapered leg. This leg style was used on many shield back chairs by George Hepplewhite in the mid to late 1700s.
http://www.homedecorators.com/Decorating_Ideas/Buying_Guides/156/
If you're like many home decor enthusiasts, Queen Anne-style furniture may very well reign supreme in your home. A Queen Anne-style dining room chair may welcome dinner guests to the table, or a handsome lowboy may display your priceless treasures.
But how did this stunning style of furniture make its way into modern times and eventually end up in your home? Here's a look at the story behind the reigning queen of furniture.
Queen Anne Period: 1720-1750
Breaking away from the ponderous 17th century pieces, Queen Anne-style furniture picked up steam in America in 1720 thanks to early English settlers. Philadelphia was becoming a center for culture and trading and a taste for worldly items was developing among the colonists. It was during this time that England was emerging from the Middle Ages and furniture was becoming lighter and more graceful.
Queen Anne-style furniture both now and then offered homeowners elegant, comfortable furniture and the first "period" pieces were born. Furniture was often named after reigning monarchs or innovative furniture designers. Queen Anne-style furniture was, of course, named after Queen Anne of England.
Defining Styles of the Queen Anne Period
One of the most definitive styles of Queen Anne furniture has to be the cabriole leg. An ancient form based on an animal's leg from the knee down, the word cabriole derives from an Italian word via the French. Cabinetmakers began replacing the straight, turned legs of chairs and tables with the graceful, curving cabriole leg. The result was a leg with an out-curved knee and an in-curved ankle. Just look at your dining room table to see for yourself!
Another equally important style of Queen Anne furniture was the carved cockle or scallop shell. This carved scallop shell motif emphasized the curvilinear element. A large shell was often carved on the front of a lowboy or chest. A smaller shell was sometimes carved on the knee of a leg. The scallop shell was, on certain pieces, often made more clearly as a sunburst or fan.
Interesting Dinner Talk
Your beautiful Queen Anne-style dining room table has served you through dinner after dinner. Why not give something back to this fabulous piece of furniture by impressing dinner guests with your new-found knowledge of this era? You may surprise both guests and yourself with just how much you know about your dining room table!
RADT 009
Peter Oval Table
W: 240 D: 110 H: 75 CBM : 0.83
http://www.raisaenglish.com/english-american_furniture_table-dining/
RADT 008 - 110Pedestal Dining Table 110
D: 110 H: 80 CBM: 0.12
RADT 008 - 120
Pedestal Dining Table 120
D: 120 H: 80 CBM: 0.14
Leg Styles
Popular Leg Design in Furniture
Differenhttp://www.homedecorators.com/Decorating_Ideas/Buying_Guides/156/http://www.homedecorators.com/Decorating_Ideas/Buying_Guides/156/http://www.homedecorators.com/Decorating_Ideas/Buying_Guides/156/t legs help to determine the style of a piece. If the furniture is antique, it helps to date the item as well as determine the designer.
The structure of a furniture leg is simple. The entire support is called the leg. Any bend or curve near the top or the center is defined as the knee. The section just above the base is the ankle, and the area below that - the part touching the floor - is the foot.
Cabriole Leg
Dominant in the 18th century and originating in Italy, the cabriole furniture leg is shaped in a carved, double curve with an out-curved knee and in-curved ankle. It can be used in conjunction with many different foot designs. The cabriole leg is also extremely practical; the balance it achieves makes it possible to support heavy pieces of case furniture on slim legs, without the use of stretchers. A stretcher is a crosspiece that connects, braces, and strengthens the legs of tables and chairs.
Hock Leg
This design is a variation on the cabriole leg, but it has a broken curve on the inner side of the knee.
Lyre-Shaped Leg
This design was popular during the Empire Period, also known as the Classic Style, from 1815-1840. Lyre-shaped legs are just that - two legs come together to form the shape of a lyre, a small, harp-like musical instrument ordinarily strummed like a guitar.
Marlborough Leg
Used in mid-18th-century English and American furniture, a Marlborough Leg is a heavy, straight, sometimes fluted leg with a block foot. These legs were first used in furniture designed for the Duke of Marlborough, from which the name is derived. This design was especially favored by Thomas Chippendale, a furniture maker of the mid to late 18th century.
Parsons Leg
This relatively long leg is fully upholstered, used most often on Parsons Chairs and upholstered benches.
Spiral Leg
A spiral leg resembles a twisted rope, with flutes or grooves winding down the leg. It was originally of Portuguese and Indian origin, and became popular during the Restoration period from 1660-1688.
Saber Leg
This leg is tapered to resemble a cavalry saber and has a graceful curve that flares out. The front legs flare forward, and the rear legs curve out behind. Fine splayed legs are often found on early 19th-century chairs designed by Thomas Sheraton in the Grecian manner.
Tapered Leg
A leg that is wider at the top and the thickness gradually reduces toward the bottom is called a tapered leg. This leg style was used on many shield back chairs by George Hepplewhite in the mid to late 1700s.
http://www.homedecorators.com/Decorating_Ideas/Buying_Guides/156/
Davenport
A Davenport desk is a small desk with an inclined lifting desktop attached with hinges to the back of the body. Lifting the desktop gives access to a large compartment giving ample storage space for paper and other writing implements, and smaller spaces in the forms of small drawers and pigeonholes. In addition, the Davenport has drawers on one of its sides, which are sometimes concealed by a panel. This stack of side drawers holds up the back of the desk and most of its weight. The front of the desk stands on thick legs or pillars which are often highly carved, somewhat exaggerated, thick cabriole legs, but these are not essential. 19th century Davenport desks had a variety of different leg designs. [1][citation needed]
The shape is very distinctive if not strange. The top part is much like an antique school desk while the bottom is like one half of the supports of a pedestal desk turned sideways. The addition of the two legs in front complete the odd effect.
This desk owes its name to a captain Davenport who was the first to commission this particular design, from Gillows of Lancaster, near the end of the 18th century. In a sense then it could also be considered a Campaign desk though there are no records indicating if the captain was in the British Army or the Royal Navy.
This desk form was very popular during the 19th century. There have been numerous reproductions during the 20th century, and amateur cabinet makers sometimes consider a Davenport to be an interesting project.
The Davenport desk should not be confused with the Davenport sofa, which is usually a modern combination sofa and bed or an antique form of upholstered sofa based on a design conceived at the beginning of the 20th century by a Boston company called Irving and Casson and Davenport.
See also the list of desk forms and types.
Davenport
W : 55 D: 55 H: 87 CBM : 0.27
Please visit our website for complete collection at http://www.raisaenglish.com/english-american_furniture_chest-nightstand/?pgnum=2
10 November, 2009
Chippendalle Chair Collection
Chair Chipp. Carver
W: 58 D: 46 H: 106
Thomas Chippendale ( Otley, Yorkshire 1718 – London 1779 ) was a famous craftsman who worked for the English upper classes and who reached the height of his career between 1750 and 1779.
RACR 006
Chair Chipp. S
W: 57 D: 44 H: 105
Chippendale was one of the most significant furniture makers in the entire history of English classical furniture.
Chair Chipp. Carver S
W: 66 D: 46 H: 105
In General, Chippendale’s furniture abandoned the overloaded ornamentation
Chair Chipp. Lion
W: 56 D: 46 H: 90
Visit our website http://www.raisaenglish.com/
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thomas Chippendale style furniture
Thomas Chippendale style furniture
1718 - 1779
The designs of Thomas Chippendale cover a wide range of styles, from Rococo to Gothic and oriental style. He died in 1779 and his business in London was carried on by his son, also named Thomas.
Thomas Chippendale became the first cabinet-maker to publish a book of his designs in 1754, titled :
'The Gentlemen and Cabinet-Maker's Director'
Chippendale's designs were widely copied, and his Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director was used heavily by other cabinet makers.
Many Chippendale pieces have cabriole legs, shell motifs, claw-and-ball foot.
Chippendale style pieces were crafted from mahony, walnut, cherry or maple.
RACR 005 Chair Chippendale
W: 53 D: 43 H: 106
The Chippendale Style was early Georgian, a period that can be situated between 1714 and 1830 and that covered the reign of the four Georges.
Visit our website www.raisaenglish.com
1718 - 1779
The designs of Thomas Chippendale cover a wide range of styles, from Rococo to Gothic and oriental style. He died in 1779 and his business in London was carried on by his son, also named Thomas.
Thomas Chippendale became the first cabinet-maker to publish a book of his designs in 1754, titled :
'The Gentlemen and Cabinet-Maker's Director'
Chippendale's designs were widely copied, and his Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director was used heavily by other cabinet makers.
Many Chippendale pieces have cabriole legs, shell motifs, claw-and-ball foot.
Chippendale style pieces were crafted from mahony, walnut, cherry or maple.
RACR 005 Chair Chippendale
W: 53 D: 43 H: 106
The Chippendale Style was early Georgian, a period that can be situated between 1714 and 1830 and that covered the reign of the four Georges.
Visit our website www.raisaenglish.com
Mahogany Wood
Mahogany Wood other name swietenia is genus of meliaceae family. Three species in this family are :
• Swietenia humilis (growth in central America to mexico).
• Swietenia macrophylla (as Mainland species).
• Swietenia mahogany (Native to Florida and Carribean).
Swietenia is known as genuine mahogany because there are several others imitations of mahogany.
Mahogany wood is one of hardest from neo tropical woods.
Mahogany is a tropical reddish-brown hardwood with medium grain.
The trees can grow 20 – 45 meters tall with a maximum trunk diameter up to 2 meters.
Young mahogany wood is light and if use stained also polished will be a beautiful reddish brown performance.
The mahogany wood used by Quantum Export comes from sustainable plantations and government controls regarding regulates all woodcutting
Mainly all woodcutting is in the hands of government organizations. We try to source our wood wisely.
The wood is used for several applications because of its strength and density. It has a straight grain, and a fine, even texture which accepts many kinds of stain.
This wood is not exactly belonging to the family of hardwood. The moisture content of this wood is a bit higher and the fiber is soft a little bit. That's why this wood is more suitable for indoor purpose rather than outdoor.
Browse in this link for more information :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahogany
Browse in this link for more information :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahogany
Langganan:
Postingan (Atom)
