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Friday 14 March 2014

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


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