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2.01: Historical Furniture Styles

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

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2.01: Historical Furniture Styles

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  1. 2.01: Historical Furniture Styles

  2. Colonial: Jacobean • Straight lines • Rigid designs • Sturdy construction • Ornate carvings • Dark finish

  3. Colonial: William and Mary • Gate legs • Bun feet • Highboy and wing chair introduced

  4. Colonial: Queen Anne • Oriental influence • Vasiform splats • Cabriole legs with pad or paw foot • Shell motifs

  5. Colonial: Chippendale • Chinese latticework • Pierced splat back • Cabriole legs with ball and claw feet • Changed the course of furniture design

  6. Colonial: Rococo • Elaborate carved forms • Natural motifs • Asymmetry • S and C curved forms, Rocaille (pronounced rock-eye) broken shell motif • Acanthus leaf

  7. Postcolonial Georgian: Hepplewhite • Tapered legs • Decorative back in the shape of a shield, an oval, or a heart

  8. Postcolonial Georgian: Sheraton • Rectangular, square backs • Slender, tapered legs • Some are decorated with reeding (vertical lines)

  9. Postcolonial: Empire • Inspired by Napoleon • Meant to imply power • American craftsmen incorporated patriotic motifs, such as eagles with spread wings.

  10. Postcolonial: Duncan Phyfe • Decorative, lyre-shaped back • Fabric seat • Curved, decorated • Draped swag • Lion paw feet • Elegant appearance

  11. Postcolonial: Shaker • Created by the Shakers, a religious group that settled in New England • Simple, plain furniture with little ornamentation

  12. 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

  13. 20th Century: Art Nouveau • Reaction against Victorian design • Gentle arches • Elongated curves; whiplash • Fluid-looking edges that flow together • Illustrated botanicals and animal life

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 20th Century: Scandinavian • Inspired by Nordic skis

  17. 20th Century: Art Deco • Reaction against Art Nouveau by using more geometric shapes • Mass produced

  18. Contemporary Furniture • Furniture that is currently popular; latest designs

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