Chairs - History Part IV
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Article by: Michael Russell In this next instalment in our series on the history of chairs , Updating Your Home In Time For Spring we're going to pick up with English chairs. , Loft Bed: Maximizing The Space Of Small Rooms Although much English furniture , Wallpaper - Love it or Loathe it! comes from French and Italian influence, the early forms of English chairs , A Guide To Discount Bedroom Furniture owe very little to influences outside , Baby Quilts - Traditional Or With A Twist of England itself. This is especially true towards the end of the Tudor period. It was during this time that the French began to take their chair designs , A Look at Edible Fruit Baskets from the English. The squat style chairs , Discount Kids Furniture: Great Value for Less Money with heavy backs that were carved like a piece of paneling gave way to taller, more slender and elegant chairs. , Skylights The framework of these chairs , Search Lighting Fixtures Online for Ideas and to Save Money were less carved and new directions were taken as far as how these chairs , How To Stay Focused On Your Bedroom Decorating Project were ornamented. Cabinet makers of the Restoration began to take advantage of the opportunities given to them to design , Resourceful Redecorating - Budget Friendly Home Decorating these new chairs. , Wallpaper - Love it or Loathe it! Chairs , Resourceful Redecorating - Budget Friendly Home Decorating began to take on an elaborate construction with graceful semicircular ornaments that connected all four legs by a vase shaped knob in the center. The arms and legs of the chairs , Kitchen Decorating Is Easy To Do of this period were scrolled with the splats of the back containing a rich arrangement of spirals and scrolls. The most popular of these chairs , Making A Bedroom Useful With A Stanley Mirror Door were the ones made so by the cavaliers who had been exiled by Charles II. During the reign of William and Mary these chairs , Loft Bed: Maximizing The Space Of Small Rooms degenerated into chairs , The Importance of Bunk Bed Mattresses that were more stiff and rectangular with a solid fiddle shaped splat and a cabriole leg with pad feet. Chairs , Basic Troubleshooting for a Ceiling Fan that were a bit more ornamental had cane seats and caned backs. It is from these forms that the Chippendale chair , Contemporary Bedroom Furniture was developed. This chair , Inexpensive Home Decor, Straight Out of the Magazines had an elaborately interlaced back, graceful arms and square legs. The Chippendale chair , The Furniture Style Of Thomas Chippendale to this day is one of the most popular designs , How To Stay Focused On Your Bedroom Decorating Project in history. It was created by Thomas Chippendale who lived from 1718 to 1779. He was one of the big three furniture , A Look at Flower Bulbs for Sale makers of the 18th century along with Thomas Sheraton and George Hepplewhite. In 1754 he published a book of his designs , Updating Your Home In Time For Spring which included the Chippendale chair design. , Canopy Beds Sheraton and Hepplewhite tried to lighten the design , How to Choose a Memory Foam Mattress of the original Chippendale chair, , Ceiling Fan Lights And Blades which even in the hands of the one who created it was a very heavy piece of work. Sheraton and Hepplewhite were successful in their attempts to modify the design , Basic Troubleshooting for a Ceiling Fan and lighten the chair , Seasonal Affective Disorder: Signs and Possible Lighting Solutions and to this day the modern Chippendale is comparatively slight next to just about every other chair , From Soiled to Stunning: How to Clean Leather and Fabric Upholstered Sofas of its type. Another man who attempted to make major changes , Pot Racks - Make a Statement In Your Kitchen to the Chippendale design , The Furniture Style Of Thomas Chippendale was Robert Adam. Adam lived from 1728 to 1792. He was a Scottish architect who lived in Kirkcaldy. He set up his business in 1758 in England after returning from a grand tour of France and Italy. It was then that he started work on his variations of the Chippendale design , Floor lamps for the home and office which can still be seen throughout the world today. Historians say his success is attributed to the fact that everything he designed he did so down the smallest detail. In our next article in this series we'll continue with 18th and 19th century chair designs. , Skylights  ------------------------------------------------------- Michael Russell Your Independent guide to Chairs ------------------------------------------------------- |
  
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