Posts Tagged ‘Legs’
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
CHAIRS — Hepplewhite
Hepplewhite designs are found along with Sheraton in the 1775-1790 period. They were both influenced by classical designs —a search for elegance. The main Hepplewhite forms are shown in this section.
A camel back design with 9 serpentine front and drop-in seat. The legs are Chippendale in form except that they now taper instead [...]
Tags: CHAIRS, chippendale, decoration, hepplewhite, high quality, leg, Legs, Sheraton, solid wood, stretchers, striking contrast
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Bentwood rocker
Bentwood chairs have become so much a part of our lives as to be almost invisible. In a simplified form they have been used in so many everyday places - shops, schools, private houses and public places - that it is difficult to imagine that their whole style was once a complete revolution in [...]
Tags: Bentwood, bentwood chairs, Biedermeier, birch, Chair, design, eighteenth, England, FRENCH, furniture, Germany, laminated wood, Legs, London, michael thonet, restoration, rockers, Vienna, Windsor
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Victorian button-back chair
The relative austerity of Regency furniture and the soft clinging clothes worn by the ladies of the period were ousted during William IV’s reign by the new ‘Naturalistic’ line. Furniture became more curvaceous, seats of chairs wider to accommodate the increasing volume of ladies’ skirts and gentlemen’s frock coats, both of which were [...]
Tags: Adam, back chair, button back, Chair, CHAIRS, drawing rooms, Legs, mahogany, Regency, regency furniture, restoration, velvet, victorian period, walnut, William IV
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Joint stool
Signs of authenticity
1. Grain of wood coarser than saw-cut timber, showing slight figure and rippling.
2. Thick timber for seats, curving slightly on the grain from shrinkage and age.
3. Stretchers, legs and feet worn with constant use.
4. Dowelling from tops of legs standing slightly proud of seat due to shrinkage and movement of timber.
5. Pegs [...]
Tags: Chair, choir stalls, furniture, Jacobethan, Legs, oak, restoration, rood screens, stool, stools, stretcher, trestle tables, wood
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