Antique Furniture - British, Amercian and French terminology for furniture making periods
The Antiquedesks.net guide to the key periods in antique furniture
making, comparing British, American and French
terminology
| ACCESSION DATE |
BRITISH
MONARCH |
BRITISH PERIOD |
UK FURNITURE STYLE |
U.S. PERIOD |
FRENCH
PERIOD |
PRINCIPAL
WOODS |
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| 1485 |
Henry
VII |
Tudor |
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| 1509 |
Henry
VIII |
Tudor |
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| 1547 |
Edwrad
VI |
Tudor |
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Gothic |
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Renaissance |
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| 1553 |
Mary
I |
Tudor |
(c.1100-1600) |
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Oak
Period |
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(c.1500-1650) |
| 1558 |
Elizabeth I |
Elizabethan |
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Early |
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/ Tudor |
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Colonial |
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| 1603 |
James I |
Jacobean |
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/ Stuart |
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| 1625 |
Charles I |
Carolean |
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Louis XIII |
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/ Stuart |
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(1610-1643) |
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| 1649 |
Commonwealth |
Cromwellian |
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Baroque |
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| 1660 |
Charles II |
Restoration |
(c.1600-1700) |
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Walnut Period |
| 1685 |
James II |
Restoration |
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Louis XIV |
(c.1670-1735) |
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(1643-1715) |
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| 1688 |
William & Mary |
William
& Mary |
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William |
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&
Mary |
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| 1694 |
William III |
William
III |
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Dutch |
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Colonial |
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| 1702 |
Anne |
Queen
Anne |
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Rococo |
Queen |
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| 1714 |
George I |
Early |
(c.1700-1760) |
Anne |
Regence |
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Georgian |
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(1715-1723) |
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| 1727 |
George II |
Middle |
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Chippendale |
Loius XV |
Early Mahogany |
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Georgian |
Neoclassical |
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(1723-1774) |
Period |
| 1760 |
George III |
Late |
(c.1755-1805) |
Early
Federal |
Louis XVI |
(c.1735-1770) |
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Georgian |
Empire |
(c.1790-1810) |
(1774-1793) |
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| 1812 |
George III / |
Regency |
(c.1799-1815) |
American
Directoire |
Directoire |
Late Mahogany |
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Prince Regent |
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Regency |
(c.1798-1804) |
(1793-1799) |
Period |
| 1820 |
George IV |
Regency |
(c.1812-1830) |
American
Empire |
Empire |
(c.1770-1850) |
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(c.1804-1815) |
(1799-1815) |
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| 1830 |
William IV |
William
IV |
Ecclectic |
Later
Federal |
Restauration |
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(c.1830-1880) |
(c.1810-1830) |
(1815-1830) |
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| 1837 |
Victoria |
Victorian |
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Victorian |
Louis Philippe |
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Arts
& Crafts |
(c.1837-1901) |
(1830-1848) |
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| 1901 |
Edward VII |
Edwardian |
(c.1880-1900) |
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2nd Empire |
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Art
Nouveau |
Art
Nouveau |
(1848-1870) |
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| 1910 |
George V |
George
V |
(c.1900-1920) |
(c.1900-1920) |
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Art
Deco & |
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3rd Republic |
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| 1936 |
Edward VIII |
Edward
VIII |
Art
Moderne |
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(1871-1940) |
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(c.1925-1940) |
Art
Deco |
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| 1936 |
George VI |
George
VI |
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(c.1920-1940) |
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Utility
& Austerity |
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| 1952 |
Elizabeth II |
Elizabeth
II |
Furniture |
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(c.1939-1955) |
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