A Primer of Popular Traditional Furniture Styles
Whatever your individual style or taste, it is important to know how to identify each style. If your best friend brags about the "To-die-for Louis XV side chair, "dah-ling"," would you know what the heck she was talking about? Well, here is a primer on furniture types that will help you appear to be an expert whatever your neighbor buys next! 1. English Traditional William and Mary ? A simple and comfortable style with lots of upholstery, arched cabinetry and turned legs. Elaborately carved walnut was the wood of choice Queen Anne ? This style is hallmarked by graceful and lovely S-shaped cabriole legs. This style usually has limited ornamentation, but what is there is elegant ? such as the scalloped shell motif.
Chippendale ? Influenced by the Chinese, this style includes a ball and claw foot and richly carved legs. Victorian ? Overstuffed chairs and elaborate and ornate woods are elements of this style. Dark woods and elegant fabrics are also indicators of this style. 2. French Traditional Louis XIV ? Very ornate and massive furniture is the hallmark of this style.
But while the pieces are enormous, their lines are straight and often rectangular. Louis XV ? This style features smaller scaled furniture, although it continues to be extravagant and ornate. Curves appear instead of the straight lines of Louis XIV. This style inspired a much-used fad of the 50s and 60s called French Provincial (remember white furniture with gilt trim?). Louis XVI ? This style is more subdued or subtle that earlier French styles, It has classic, almost Grecian lines that lack decoration and carving.
Empire ? This style inspired other designs around the world such as Duncan Phyfe, Sheraton and Biedermeier. The furniture was massive, but symmetrical, with gentlly bowed fronts or legs. 3. American Traditional American Traditional was influenced by English and French styles and eventually evolved into a uniquely American style. Contemporary Modern ? With its roots traced to the Bauhaus school of art in Germany, this style was simple, clean and geometric.
The hallmark of this style is the idea that "form follows function." Country ? This casual style is and expression of our American social, ethnic and religious culture. It includes styles such as the clean and simple lines of Shaker furniture, the massive simplicity of Mission, and similar styles from artisans in the Southwest and all corners of the country. These are the traditional styles on which most d?cor is based, but I know of at least two others that I have used extensively in the past ? Early Thrift Shop or Late Graduate Student. Those styles feature eclectic furniture and fabric choices and a budget of, say...ten bucks! Just love those cinder block bookcases, don't you?.
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October 2, 2003 ? Naturally handsome outdoor wood furniture from Creative Woodwork International (CWI) will now be available to consumers at Hoigaard's, a leading retailer of outdoor equipment, apparel and home and patio furnishings in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Hoigaard's will offer both of CWI's Lifewood collections, the European-inspired Veranda collection and the new Lifeware line of modular furniture, for the 2004 season."As a specialty retailer, Hoigaard's strives to stay on the leading edge of new products. Veranda is different, and more modern, than the traditional teak furniture we now offer, and Lifeware's imaginative modular design is distinctive," says Todd Brewer, buyer for Hoigaard's. "The exceptional styling and affordable price point of CWI's furniture, plus the fact that its wood is responsibly harvested, will attract new customers and help us expand sales of outdoor wood furniture."With its exclusive and ingenious modular design, Lifeware...
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Specsources Catalog Library Reaches 100,000 Pieces of Furniture Specification Data
Specsources, Inc., a leading provider of interior design furniture specification and project collaboration solutions, announced today that its catalog library component had reached over 100,000 items.
Interior designers can now have access to an enormous amount of dynamic specification data, as well as a tool that will allow them to incorporate it into their design projects.Available along with the specification information are over 100,000 2D and 3D CAD symbols.Using Specsources' furniture specification tool, designers can take this information and create specification sheets, manage a budget, and share their project information electronically with dealers, sales reps, and clients.Wade Ballance, Vice-President of Operations commented, "We're always striving to increase the functionality and usability of our product.
Providing an increasing amount of spec data to the designer is a big part of that."There is no cost to the furniture manufacturer to place their specification...
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HHH Enterprises Announces Article Series on Beading and Jewelry Making Business Issues
(ContentDesk) January 6, 2006 -- HHH Enterprises, a full service, Texas based bead and jewelry components supplier is proud to announce a new series of articles on business issues. This series is designed to help both new beaders and jewelry makers, and existing business owners to start, run and improve their business. This multi-part series will cover all aspects of running a bead or jewelry making business:- legal and tax issues- selling venues, such as craft shows, home based selling, and...
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After seeing each other for years and being tagged as ?in love' since eternity, you desire to bring this to a logical end. You are wrong if you think I am suggesting a divorce even before you are actually married. The end to every love is wedding -the wedding of two bodies and two souls.Have you been planning wedding since a long time but have been hindered because of the huge cost weddings entail nowadays. Worry not. Spend as much as you can, because wedding loans are there to pay every penny...
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