It was heavy and angular.
It used primitive and Tuscan themes.
It was classical.
It is classical.
Style derived from Gothic cathedrals and used carved and heavy pieces, sometimes with iron bands, such as chests and X-framed chairs.
It was classical style.
It was baroque.
It is heavy and ornate.
It is classical.
It had carving or paneling. Chairs had high backs.
Heavy, carved, and austere style began.
King James I style [1603 to 1625] used upholstery and Italianate carving, especially arabesques on cupboards.
It was intricate and fluid.
It was angular and heavy, using Italian style plus Spain and Flanders.
It was classical.
Subdued Baroque style of Louis XIV [1643 to 1715] was formal and used carved or painted animals, mythological animals, fruit and flower garlands, and fleur-de-lis.
King William III and Queen Mary II [1670 to 1690] style used Dutch influences, such as floral marquetry and oyster shell veneer.
He lived 1751 to 1806. It was a light linear neoclassical style based on Adam and Hepplewhite. It used contrasting veneers, inlay, and painted decorations. Chair backs had urns, swags, or lyres.
It is simple and austere.
Hardwoods with scrollwork and curves derived from Régence and Baroque.
It used lacquer or bamboo.
Style differed from previous French style. Walnut veneer, gentle curves, cabriole legs, and serpentine arms were in secretaries and china cupboards.
Style derived from Queen Anne, but added decorations and ornaments, such as leaves, masks, and eagle and lion heads and claws.
During regency from death of Louis XIV [1715] to ascension of Louis XV [1723], furniture moved from Baroque to rococo.
Rococo style of Louis XV [1732 to 1774] was small and rounded, with ornaments. Veneers often had Oriental lacquer or porcelain plaques.
Style used Gothic arches and tracery.
Style used Greek, Roman, and Egyptian designs of archaeological finds.
It derived from Windsor style.
Robert lived 1728 to 1792. James lived 1732 to 1794. It replaced Rococo and Palladian.
He lived 1718 to 1779. It derived from late Baroque, Rococo, Louis XV, and Georgian. Chippendale Gothic and Chinese Chippendale derived from it.
Neoclassical style of Louis XVI [1774 to 1792] was geometric with architectural decoration.
He lived 1730 to 1792 and manufactured china.
Style derived from Adam, Hepplewhite, and Sheraton.
He lived ? to 1786 and drew furniture designs [1786]. Style derived from Adam and neoclassical but was lighter and more curved. Chairs can have Prince-of-Wales feathers on back.
Style removed royal traits from Louis XVI.
He lived 1768 to 1854 and defined Federal style. He used rectilinear style, with veneer, inlay, and brass feet.
Prince of Wales [1811 to 1820] style derived from French Directoire and Empire styles and used Greek and Roman furniture designs, such as Klismos chair.
Strong and simple style derived from French Empire. Biedermeier was a cartoon figure representing German country gentlemen.
It is light and functional.
Cheaper and simpler styles came from main styles.
Practical design used plain wood in smooth lines, such as in ladder-back chair.
It is heavy and ornate.
Neoclassical, Egyptian, and Roman imperial style used decorated woods and metals, featuring bees, crowns, laurels, mythological figures, and letter N.
He lived 1795 to 1852. First mass produced furniture in USA.
It was heavy, carved, and austere.
Style mixed Gothic and Neoclassical.
He lived 1796 to 1871.
Queen Victoria [1837 to 1901] style derived from rococo and Louis XV, using curves, horsehair upholstery, and carving.
It used floral designs and curves.
William Morris lived 1834 to 1896 and led Arts and Crafts movement.
Morris lived 1834 to 1896. Ruskin lived 1819 to 1900. Stickley lived 1858 to 1942. They started a craft style {Arts and Crafts movement}.
He lived 1858 to 1942. Oak furniture design derived from English Arts and Crafts. Gustav Stickley and Roycroft Community were in upstate New York State. Craftsman Magazine [1901] featured its designs.
German Bauhaus designers, such as Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, used simple lines with no decoration and used chrome and glass. It allowed factory production.
It used molded wood and plywood.
It used plastic and metal in architecture, interior design, and industrial design.
Style derived from Art Deco and International. It was asymmetric or contrasted curves and straight lines, used polished surfaces and plastic, and used skyscraper designs.
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