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and sideboards, chests of drawers and dressers for the bedroom, couches, bookcases, and writing-tables or desks. The beds were heavy, having commonly a roof supported on four columns, and existing examples are rare. Mirrors of polished steel, with metal or richly carved and gilded frames are among the extant treasures of the period, and some of them are exquisite examples of design and craftsmanship. Glass mirrors were not introduced until later, the first ones coming from Venice. Italian...
Chapter V
DURING the Louis XV period in France, extending over three score years, there was developed a decorative style that was distinctive. The first eight years are often referred to as the Regency period they were the years of the king's minority, when Philippe de Bourbon, or Philip of Orleans, acted as regent. Philip became the leader in matters of French decorative art, and it was he who laid the foundations for the Louis XV style. He took pleasure in upsetting traditions, and established an era...
Chapter Ii
THE furniture styles of the Italian Renaissance deserve particular attention, partly because they form the starting-point and source of inspiration of all the succeeding styles, and partly because of the recently reawakened interest in the period for its own sake. Genuine Italian Renaissance furniture and, indeed, some the authenticity of which is open to doubt is bringing fabulous prices to-day, while reproductions in this style are becoming increasingly popular. The Renaissance was a period...
Georgian Chair Styles
IT is no easy matter to condense a characterization of the furniture styles of the Georgian period, for the reason that those styles varied widely with the ascendency of one master cabinet-maker after another. It was, indeed, a period in which the names of the master-designers of furniture eclipsed those of the reigning sovereigns. In general it includes the reigns of George I 1714-1727 , which was the early Georgian period George II 1727-1760 , embracing the transition and Chippendale periods...
Table Renaissance French
Europe, reaching its highest development in the fourteenth century. Gothic furniture was plain in form and architectural in character. Simple lines predominated, the decorative element being supplied by carving and pierced tracery. Much of it was built into the walls the rest was cumbersome and heavy. In England, Germany, and the Low Countries oak was the principal wood employed in France, chestnut in Italy, walnut in Spain, cypress. The carving was of a conventional, geometric character, but...
Repairing William And Mary Underbracing Table
Sheraton chair with rectangular back Hepplewhite mahogany pier table with square legs, inlaid with satinwood on the t p and front A typical Sheraton table with inlay on the front and with tapering, reeded legs proportion. The seats were usually upholstered. Hepplewhite preferred mahogany for most of his work, using satinwood and rosewood moderately to meet special demands. Hepplewhite was not a great carver like Chippendale, nor so finished an artist in inlay as was Sheraton, but he employed...