Antique Tea Chest
Posted on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 at 9:58 pm
A Look At The History Of Interior Design Furniture
Whether choosing home or office interior design furniture, there are many different choices to consider such as the size and color of the room, the look that is desired, and the comfort of the pieces to go in the room. The history of interior design furniture is filled with different eras of antique furniture which can be found as true antiques, or as reproductions of the various styles of furniture from the different eras. Historic interior design furniture is most often named after the monarch who was in power when the furniture style was created, however later styles were also named after the famous designers who created the pieces of furniture.One of the business brokers who delt with office furniture manufacture and wholesale furniture China provided the useful info.
One era in the history of interior design furniture is the Tudor Gothic style which is one of the oldest. During the older eras, oak was the wood of choice since it was the only one that was readily available. Later other woods like mahogany came into vogue. The Tudor Gothic style was very simple and functional and did not consist of too much variety in the pieces of furniture. There were plank chests and built in seating where the chest could be used as a seat or a table depending on the needs of the family that bought it. There was also a credence that was used for communion and was sometimes covered, also made of oak.
Elizabethan furniture was the next style in the history of interior design furniture and had more choices to go with it as furniture styles evolved. The furniture of this period was bulky and large, with four poster beds being common for bedrooms as well as heavy tables with thick legs for the dining area. There were a lot of carved designs in the legs of these tables or on the posts of the beds. It had been discovered how to create rounded shapes in the wood through a foot lathe, so there was more intricacy in the work than the Tudor Gothic style of historical interior design furniture.
Skipping a few periods in furniture, there is the next popular style in historical interior design furniture 鈥?the Queen Anne era. Unlike Elizabethan furniture which was massive and needed to be used in large rooms, the Queen Anne furniture was more delicate and refined, with smaller chairs and tables with curved legs that were thin rather than bulbous. Instead of oak, walnut was usually used, and there were tables that had to be created for the frivolous nature of some of this period where games were played and tea was set, not requiring large tables, but small ones with comfortable chairs, a big change from earlier eras in historic interior design furniture.
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