2.01: Historical Furniture Styles
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2.01: Historical Furniture
Styles
Colonial: Jacobean
• Straight lines• Rigid designs• Sturdy
construction• Ornate
carvings• Dark finish
Colonial: William and Mary
• Gate legs• Bun feet• Highboy and
wing chair introduced
Colonial: Queen Anne• Oriental influence• Vasiform splats• Cabriole legs with
pad or paw foot• Shell motifs
Colonial: Chippendale• Chinese latticework• Pierced splat back• Cabriole legs with ball and claw feet• Changed the course of furniture
design
Colonial: Rococo• Elaborate carved
forms• Natural motifs • Asymmetry• S and C curved forms,
Rocaille (pronounced rock-eye) broken shell motif
• Acanthus leaf
Postcolonial Georgian: Hepplewhite• Tapered legs• Decorative back in the
shape of a shield, an oval, or a heart
Postcolonial Georgian: Sheraton
• Rectangular, square backs• Slender, tapered legs• Some are decorated with
reeding (vertical lines)
Postcolonial: Empire• Inspired by Napoleon• Meant to imply power• American craftsmen
incorporated patriotic motifs, such as eagles with spread wings.
Postcolonial: Duncan Phyfe• Decorative, lyre-shaped back• Fabric seat• Curved, decorated• Draped swag • Lion paw feet• Elegant appearance
Postcolonial: Shaker• Created by the
Shakers, a religious group that settled in New England
• Simple, plain furniture with little ornamentation
Victorian• Highly carved dark
woods• Curving lines, inlaid
floral patterns, and rich upholstery
• In general, think of a cluttered environment, full of heavy furniture, and surrounded by plants, heavy fabrics and lots of china and glassware
20th Century: Art Nouveau
• Reaction against Victorian design
• Gentle arches • Elongated curves;
whiplash • Fluid-looking edges
that flow together• Illustrated botanicals
and animal life
20th Century: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Represented the beginnings of modern design
• Style is described as organic or Prairie style
• Commonly used horizontal lines, geometric shapes, flat surfaces, and slats.
20th Century: Bauhaus (Marcel Breuer)• Influenced by the Bauhaus
philosophy of “form follows function” and designs should be simplified
• Contemporary design with clean lines
• Used tubular steel frames with canvas, cane, wood, or leather seats
• Most famous design was the Wassily Chair.
20th Century: Scandinavian
• Inspired by Nordic skis
20th Century: Art Deco• Reaction against Art
Nouveau by using more geometric shapes
• Mass produced
Contemporary Furniture• Furniture that is currently popular; latest designs
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