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

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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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Antique Furniture Period Guide

Follow this link to view the Antiquedesks.net guide to Antique Furniture Periods.  This simple table compares British, Amercian and French terminology and spans the periods from 1485 to 1952 (i.e. Henry VII (Tudor) through to Queen Elizabeth II).  It explains when key terms such as "Gothic", "Colonial", "Chippendale", "Arts and Crafts" and "Art Deco" are properly used and the dates to which they apply.