PERIOD FURNITURE(Basics)
The division of the periods from 1500 to 1800 into the ages of the
Carpenter, Cabinet Maker, and Designer is convenient because these terms
suggest the type of furniture being produced. In the earliest period furniture
was made by the carpenter, who regarded furniture-making as incidental
to his general work, and it therefore bore the characteristics of a craftsman
used to large joinery work. Soon after 1660 some woodworkers began to specialise
in furniture, and so came the age of the cabinet maker. Lastly, at about
the middle of the eighteenth century, furniture began to be associated
with the names of individual designers and craftsmen, hence the term Age
of the Designer.
THE_ AGE_OF_THE_CARPENTER,
1500-1660
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Tudor Gothic
Jacobean |
1500-1603
1603-1660 |
THE_AGE_OF_THE_CABINET_MAKER,
1660-1750
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Transitional
Walnut
Early Georgian |
1660-1690
1660-1720
1714-1750 |
THE_AGE_OF_THE_DESIGNER,
1750-1800
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Chippendale
Adam
Hepplewhite
Sheraton |
1745-1780
1760-1792
1760-1790
1790-1806 |
The above dates are approximate only, and are intended to indicate the
years when furniture of a certain style was being mainly produced. They
do not necessarily show the year in which any of the designers or cabinet
makers died. |
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BRITISH MONARCHS
Henry VII, 1485-1509
Henry VIII, 1509-1547
Edward VI, 1547-1553
Mary. 1553-1558
Elizabeth, 1558-1603
James I, 1603-1625
Charles I, 1625-1649
(Commonwealth, 1649-1660) |
Charles II, 1660-1685
James II, 1685-1688
William and Mary, 1689-1702
Anne, 1702-1714
George I, 1714-1727
George II, 1727-1760
George III, 1760-1820
(Regency, 1810-1820) |
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FRENCH MONARCHS
Francis I, 1515-1547
Henry II. 1547-1559
Francis II, 1559-1560
Charles IX, 1560-1574
Henry III, 1574-1589 |
Henry IV, 1589-1610
Louis XIII, 1610-1643
Louis XIV, 1643-1715
Louis XV, 1715-1774
Louis XVI, 1774-1793 |
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