Interior Design Furniture History
The history of furniture is extensive, this area of the website covers the Evolution of English Period Furniture, including Tudor Gothic, Elizabethan, Jacobean, Commonwealth, Restoration, William & Mary, Queen Anne, Georgian, Chippendale, Regency, Hepplewhite, Adam, Sheraton, and Victorian as well as French Period Furniture of Louis 14th, Louis15th and Louis16th periods.
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.
It was also influenced by the knowledge of the designers or craftsmen, overseas trade or incentives and the economic conditions of the country.
Furniture history is often classed by the reigning monarchs for example Queen Anne, Victorian, William & Mary.
Later furniture history was also classed by the major influence of designers like Robert Adam, Thomas Chippendale and George Hepplewhite.
This website highlights the individual furniture history periods and provides an understanding of the styles and how they were derived.
