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English Furniture styles in general

2009 June 19
Posted by janey617

Furniture Style was dictated by the ruling monarch of the country and the conditions of the era and availability of construction materials and tools to work with. In English history ,it invoves the following styles of Furniture, Tudor Gothic, Elizabethan, Restoration, William & Mary, and Victorian as well as French Period Furniture of Louis 14th, Louis 15th and Louis 16th periods.
Tudor
The Tudor period is generally accepted as the reign of Henry VIII through the reign of Elizabeth I of England. Tudor furniture was typically massive, heavily carved, and influenced by Italian Renaissance furniture. The foregoing Gothic style contributed its straight lines to this period as well.

Gothic
The style period between 12th and 16th century is known as Gothic. This style derived from Roman architecture and was seen in France by the middle of the 12th century. It is characterized by the use of highly decorative panels and the use of indigenous woods. It was revived in England around 1740 and known as “Gothick.” North Americans began to make their own versions in the mid 1800’s.
William and Mary
An American style popular in the American colonies during the late 1600’s. Walnut and maple became the material of choice and veneering was introduced for highly figured, naturally decorative wood. Hinged lids were placed on desk boxes on stands, and on chests of drawers, producing the secretary we are familiar with today.
Windsor
The term Windsor refers to a chair style dating from the 18th century. Use of local woods is characteristic of Windsor chairs, which are available in regionally variant forms. Saddle-shaped seats and spindle backs are common.

Victorian
Victorian refers to a time period rather than a particular style. The Victorian period fell between 1837 through 1901. The industrial revolution allowed for the mass production of furniture and styles from earlier periods were drawn upon. Heavy ornamentation is a hallmark of the Victorian period. The round ottoman, balloon back chair, and single end sofa were all developed during this period. Victorian can be further subdivided into Victorian-American and Victorian-English.
Louis XV
The period from 1715 to 1774, also known as the Regence, marked a shift from the weighty character of earlier rococo styles to embrace a more light-hearted, somewhat simpler feel. Carvings and marquetry were simplified and contributed more to the overall motif of the piece than in the prior period.

How to distinguish solid wood furniture

2009 June 19
Posted by janey617

Any solid wood furniture can not be completely dry, it is not possible cast of heat expansion, cold shrink of the law, so it may deformation on the surface. Only difference is that the high density of the solid wood furniture of the small deformation coefficientl, and even the naked eye can’t see, and the density of the poor wooden deformation greater factor. Solid wood furniture with high and low density can also handle the initial judge, the feeling of light and heavy wooden furniture is one of the most convenient method to judge. Generally speaking, the weight of heavy solid wood furniture,has small deformation factor, such as hardware and mixed furniture or more grades of to change the hardwood furniture, on a very small factor of deformation, of course, such a high price of solid wood furniture.
Man-made wooden furniture are made from wood fiberboard, the produced in relatively has small distortion factor, as long as they match exactly after installation, the size of the rules, the installation of sophisticated ,there will not be changed.in the future .
In short, to choice of the solid wood furniture mainly to choose selection, Choice of man-made wooden furniture is main to election the working of master, mastery this method, it can basic of to solve the problems of the deformation of wooden furniture. BOH wooden doors to remind you that election experts wooden tips: one look at finishes (modeling and Qise); two see proof of the Second (poisonous substances); three look at the three materials (wood materials);four look at the four work (whether the size of the rules, they match exactly ). Grasp this “four-see” will didn’t identify the authenticity in the maze of wooden furniture .