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Styles of English Furniture

 

 

Queen Anne 1714 - 1730:

Queen Anne of England, who reigned from 1702 to 1714, gave her name to this style. The curved lines are a refinement of the William and Mary style.

  • Where to see furniture of this style:
    • Buckingham Palace.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Chippendale 1730 - 1760:

The Chippendale style is named after his designer, who was Thomas Chippendale. He liked to create furniture with mahogany wood. This style was influenced by the French Rococo style in a lighter version.

  • Where to see furniture of this style:
    • Manchester Gallery.
    • Queluz Palace, Portugal.
    • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

George III 1760 - 1800:

A return to a more sober style during the reign of King George III sparked enthusiasm for a neoclassical style.

  • Where to see furniture of this style:
    • Windsor Castle.

Regency 1800 - 1830:

The Regency style became essential in urban architecture, especially with John Nash, the architect of King George IV. It is the style or prestige that dominates.

  • Where to see furniture of this style:
    • Bowes Museum, United Kingdom.
    • Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, United States.

Victorien 1830 - 1900:

This style of the name of Queen Victoria has many common points with Napoleon III's style.

  • Where to see furniture of this style:
    • Buckingham Palace.
    • Kilkenny, Ireland.

Arts & Crafts 1880 - 1910:

Movement creates for the defense of art and crafts against mass production, with points in common with French Art Nouveau. The most famous British defenders were John Ruskin and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) was an English writer, art critic, and painter. He had traveled through Europe and Picardy. He had described woodcarvers who worked at the Amiens Cathedral.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 - 1928) was an architect who designed furniture. He did some watercolor paintings.

  • Where to see furniture of this style:
    • The Glasgow School of Art.
    • Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.

 

 

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