Woodworker's Journal 1985-9-2, страница 26

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Drawing by Michael Gellaily

Furniture Periods and Styles

American Queen Anne, 1715-1755

In any study of period and style, there are two points that deserve special mention. First, furniture is, in great measure, a mirror of social, economic, and even political influences. On various levels, in its design, in the choice of materials and decoration, and even in the manner of construction. furniture reflects history. With the advent of the industrial revolution, for instance, mass produced pieces became commonplace, just as in the early years of America's colonization. Pilgrim-style furniture was simple and strong.

A second, no less important point to consider is that although today we have established neat little designations of time and place for the various periods and styles, in reality there are no clear cut beginnings and endings. Rather, individual periods and styles meld together and overlap, usually drawing on many different sources and influences for the elements that today we consider "characteristic" or "representative" of a particular style.

The Oueen Anne style is an espe

cially appropriate illustration of both these points. As periods go, the Queen Anne style comes after the William and Mary period and before the Georgian period, which included Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite. It was a time when a new class of merchants, tradesmen, and shopkeepers was developing into the backbone of what we might today call the "middle class." With their new found wealth these people desired fine furnishings — the "conspicuous consumption" that would proclaim their success to friends and neighbors. For this reason, to a degree, the Queen Anne period marked the beginning of a common, dominant style that was widely reproduced and copied.

Although Queen Anne reigned from 1702-1714, the Queen Anne style in America lasted from about 1715-1755. Like most of the other major periods designated by the reigns of English monarchs, the style did not take root in the colonies until sometime after its actual inception in the mother country. Elements of the style began appearing

Queen Anne Desk-on-Frame New England, about 1730