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French Style Furniture
About French Style Furniture
Much of the French style furniture on the market today dates from the mid-19th century or later. The Henri II style (1860-1900) was characterized by wide, flat pieces with heavy bases. The Louis XV style (1860-1910) had a lighter feel, with more curved lines and floral carvings. Louix XVI style (1875-1920) brought back the heavier bases with simpler shapes (both Louis styles were 'Revival,' or resurgances of earlier styles). French Art Nouveau (1895-1920) featured asymmetry and flowing natural shapes. And France's short Art Deco period returned to simpler designs, while experimenting with new woods, finishes, and inlaid materials.
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Mar 27–Apr 3. Los Angeles, CA. - The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs
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Interviews & Articles
An Interview With Victorian Furniture Collector John Werry
How did I get started collecting Victorian Furniture? Antiques is in my genes, my mother's family were longtime ant… [more]
An Interview With American Furniture Collector Chuck LaChiusa
About 11 years ago, my wife and I went on some architectural tours. We joined the organization that sponsored the t… [more]
An Interview With Eames Collector and Mid Century Design Aficionado Steve Cabella
As a teenager, I collected everything from vintage bicycles to Coca-Cola to Victorian stuff. Once I realized some o… [more]
Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)
Buffalo Architecture and History
Chuck LaChiusa's wonderful guide to the architecture and history of Buffalo, NY, also happens to host an impressive… [read review or visit site]
Rare Victorian
John Werry's in-depth blog on rare Victorian Furniture, with detailed, informative and often humorous posts on doze… [read review or visit site]
Chipstone
This beautiful site showcases the collection of Stanley and Polly Stone of Fox Point, Wisconsin, consisting of earl… [read review or visit site]
EamesCollector.com
Steven Cabella's personal homage to Charles and Ray Eames. This site is as clean and visually appealing as the Eame… [read review or visit site]
Kentucky Online Arts Resource
This huge online database from the Speed Art Museum is a rich trove of beautiful photos and reference information o… [read review or visit site]
Index of American Design
The Index of American Design project (1935-1942) was an effort to catalog American decorative arts objects from the… [read review or visit site]
LACMA Arts and Crafts
This microsite from the LA County Museum of Art provides a good overview of the Arts and Crafts movement in Europe … [read review or visit site]
Modernism
An overview by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts of the design movements between 1880 and 1940 that comprised Moder… [read review or visit site]
Herman Miller Consortium Collection
This website showcases several hundred pieces of furniture, held by thirteen museums, that were designed for Herman… [read review or visit site]
Work of Charles and Ray Eames
This Library of Congress microsite is an overview of the postwar modern design work of Charles (1907-78) and Ray (1… [read review or visit site]
George Hunzinger Furniture
Scott Geyer's blog on the innovative Victorian furniture designs of George Jacob Hunzinger, who began manufacturing… [read review or visit site]
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Other Great Reference Sites: Furniture
- The Victoria and Albert Furniture Collection
- Eames Office
- U.S. State Department Diplomatic Receptions Rooms
- Wadsworth Atheneum
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Mullin Museum to open next month
AutoWeek, March 19th
Hence French furniture, art and photography from the period 1918 to 1941 will be shown, too. But we suspect those items, significant as they may be,...Read more
18th Century art to be auctioned in France
CCTV, March 19thwhose interest lay principally in eighteenth-century French furniture, Impressionist paintings and modern and contemporary sculptures...Read more
World's oldest known flying car headed for the auction block?
Autoblog (blog), March 18thHe was apparently inspired by the concepts of Henri Mignet, the French furniture maker who became an aircraft designer and came up with the tandem-wing...Read more
A passion for antiques is still alive
Tuscaloosa News, March 18thThere are clocks, oil paintings, French furniture, English furniture, Chippendale furniture, lamps, English boxes, dishes.” The Emporium has four other...Read more
Quality French furniture for lower prices at frenchfurniturewarehouse.co.uk
I-Newswire.com (press release), March 14th(I-Newswire) March 15, 2010 - The website frenchfurniturewarehouse.co.uk has come up with a range of quality French furniture offered at lower prices...Read more
The French Exception
ARTINFO, March 2nd
Another half hour went by, and then it was time for French furniture. A pair of bergères of the late 18th century were as exquisite for their architectural...Read more
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Saint Clair Lamp: Solar Lighting Two Ways
Inventorspot, February 22nd
talent since 1979 when it was established by the French Furniture Industries Development Committee with support of the French Ministry for Industry...Read more