Arts and crafts chairs feature right angles and typically do not have ornamentation.
18th century furniture styles.
Rococo revival chairs have curved ballooning backs.
During the 18th and early 19th centuries the cabinetmaker s art in america flourished at an extraordinary height of excellence creating a great national heritage which is now referred to as traditional american furniture.
A lack of ornamentation exposed joinery and plain design are indicative of the arts and crafts style.
15 british furniture styles you should know elizabethan 1520 1620 jacobean 1603 1625 carolean restoration 1660 1685 william and mary 1690 1730 queen anne 1702 1760 georgian 1714 1830 rococo 1730 1770 gothic revival 1740 1900 neo classical 1750 1830 regency 1762 1830 victorian.
Although cabinetmaker s pattern books and furniture imported from england were the primary source of inspiration for american craftsmen their furniture was not a slavish copy of english designs.
There are many different styles of 18th century furniture.
18th century english furniture.
18th century american furniture styles.
The neoclassical style sometimes called louis seize or louis xvi began in the 1750s.
Queen anne style furniture emerged during the reign of william iii of england.
American empire chairs are often shaped like lyres.
Popular from about 1695 to 1730 william and mary was named for king william of orange and his queen.
Furniture furniture 18th century.
William and mary 1690 1735.
William and mary style furniture was popular in the late 17th and early 18th century and is characterized by dutch and chinese influences trumpet turned legs spanish ball feet and oriental lacquer work.