History of Furnitures styles

Colonial Period: 1620-1720Framed Timber w/high-pitched gable roofs

Later, symmetrical 2-story Saltbox homes w/windows

door trim and lean-to additions

Chimneys protrude from center of structure

Early Colonial Home

Late Colonial Home

Later Colonial Homes influenced by English Tudor Architecture

Glass Windows: small pieces of glass held together with mullions or lead.

Carved decorative architectural details

Colonial FurnitureCopied after furniture popular during reign of King James of England

Local woods such as pine, poplar, cherry, maple, oak.

Handles and ornamentation made of wood; no metals being imported from England early on.

Ornamentation of furniture included:

Chip carving

primitive painting

bulbous turnings

moldings of split spindles

and egg-shaped bosses.

Colonial Chairs

Dual-function hutch table used as a table or chair.

Settle ChairProvided protection from drafts; placed by fireside

Colonial Seating

Ladder Back Chair with woven tape seat

Colonial Wainscot Armchair

1668 English Great Chair Floral carved back scrolled crest inverted balusters for arms

and legs.

17th c. Colonial Oak Arm Chair

Influenced by English Wainscot

Less carving/ornate

More primitive and rustic

Windsor Chair

&

Ladder Back with woven tape seats

Colonial Chairs

Georgian Period: 1720 to 1790

Mount Vernon Portico

Georgian Architecture: Mount Vernon

Cupola Palladian Window:

Named after Italian designer, Andre Palladio One large arched window and two sidelight windows Pediment and pilaster woodwork detail

Early Georgian: Brewster Chair

Not as massive & masculine More graceful than Jacobean

style furniture Walnut wood Rush Seat Sausage Turned legs,

stretchers, rails and back slats

American Georgian: William & Mary Chair

Leather seats

Nail head trim

Block and Ball carved legs

Spanish Grooved Foot

Georgian: William & Mary

Not as massive & masculine; walnut.

Named after King William and Queen Mary of England

Dutch influence because King Wm. was from Holland.

Graceful with curved stretchers; aprons with bead and ring turnings with blocks.

Some legs had inverted cup detail.

Georgian Chairs: Queen Anne

Cabriole Leg Smooth Knee Pad foot Curved Shoulders Vase shaped Splat

English Furniture Maker who published his designs

Known for hisdistinctive chairs: Carved, pierced Splat Pointed shoulders Ball and claw footor Marlboro LegAlso for: Camelback sofa High Boys Secretaries

Thomas Chippendale

Georgian: Chippendale

American lifestyle in its 2nd century evolving from primitive survival to comfortable existence.

Travel increased between Europe and American with lots of imports

Immigrant craftsmen from England produced affordable copies of English furniture.

Designed by English Furniture Charles Chippendale

Marlboro Leg, carved splat

Asian motif

elaborately carved back splat

Corner Chair

Georgian: Wing Chairs

Queen Anne Cabriole Leg Smooth Knee Pad Foot

ChippendaleCabriole LegCarved KneeBall and Claw Foot

Georgian Living Room

Federal Period: 1790-1830 Symmetrically balanced

Wings added to either side of house

Famous architects of that period:

Thomas Jefferson

Samuel MacIntyre

Greek Revival details

Neoclassic columns

Pedimented porticos

Eliptical and half-round windows

Flat roofs with balustrades

Roman domes

FederalChair Styles

Post Revolutionary War Spirit of optimistic patriotism Common motifs:

Stars, Stripes, eagles Shift in preference to French styles Federal furniture was simplified in detail

from European furniture, but not in quality

Lighter and more delicate than Georgian designs

Carving replaced with thin veneer inlays called marketry for ornamentation

Hepplewhite & Sheraton were best knowfurniture makers of this style

Hepplewhite Furniture

Shield Back Chairs Thin, square, tapered leg

Sheraton Furniture

Square spindle back chairs Round, tapered reeded leg

Mount Vernon Dining Room

American Empire: 1820-1850 Known as Regency in England and

French Empire in France Napoleons conquer of Greco/Roman

empires led to the name Empire style He furnished all of his homes with

Greco/Roman styles Duncan Phyfe, our most Famous American

Furnitue Maker producing American Empire style

Formal style Dark, polished woods Splayed Legs Harp back chairs Curved/rounded backs on chairs Pedastal bases on tables Animal motifs Gold detailing

American EmpireRounded Regency Style Arms with splayed legs

American Empire Style

Swan Chair

American Empire Style

History of Furnitures stylesColonial Period: 1620-1720Later Colonial Homes influenced by English Tudor ArchitectureColonial FurnitureColonial ChairsColonial SeatingColonial Wainscot ArmchairSlide Number 8Georgian Period: 1720 to 1790 Georgian Architecture: Mount VernonEarly Georgian: Brewster ChairAmerican Georgian: William & Mary ChairGeorgian: William & MaryGeorgian Chairs: Queen AnneThomas ChippendaleGeorgian: ChippendaleGeorgian: Wing ChairsGeorgian Living RoomFederal Period: 1790-1830 Federal Chair StylesHepplewhite FurnitureSheraton FurnitureAmerican Empire: 1820-1850American EmpireRounded Regency Style Arms with splayed legsAmerican Empire StyleAmerican Empire Style