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2. Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture - Wikipedia

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   The design of the scallop shell back for chairs is associated with the designer Francis Cleyn who worked in England from the 1620s. [2] Settees were made at this time whose backs consisted of several just such immense scallops as those of these Holland House Gilt Chamber chairs; [ 3 ] and the same idea of decoration peeps out in fan-like frills ...

3. Louis XVI furniture - Wikipedia

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   With the death of Louis XV on May 10, 1774, his grandson Louis XVI became King of France at age twenty. The new king had little interest in the arts, but his wife, Marie-Antoinette, and her brothers-in-law, the Comte de Provence (the future Louis XVIII) and the Comte d'Artois (the future Charles X), were deeply interested in the arts, gave their protection to artists, and ordered large amounts ...

4. Louis XV furniture - Wikipedia

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   It was usually upholstered in leather fastened with gilded nails to the frame, had rounded angles, and one leg of the chair was placed in the front, another directly behind, for greater stability. The curved back and arms of the chair enveloped the person seated. [13] The passion for the oriental and exotic soon influenced the furniture.

5. Queen Anne style furniture - Wikipedia

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   Queen Anne furniture is "somewhat smaller, lighter, and more comfortable than its predecessors," and examples in common use include "curving shapes, the cabriole leg, cushioned seats, wing-back chairs, and practical secretary desk - bookcase pieces." [2] Other elements characterizing the style include pad feet and "an emphasis on line and form ...

6. Charles-Honoré Lannuier - Wikipedia

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   This particular set of twelve (12) Lannuier chairs (referred to as the "James Bosley Set") [1] consisting of 2 Arm chairs and 10 side chairs in the Neoclassical French style was purchased for Bosley's Music room in Baltimore, Maryland. According to Mr. Peter Kenny's Book on Lannuier for the NY Met (pages 133–137) it is believed that James ...

7. Ancient furniture - Wikipedia

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   Chairs had backs fixed to the lower frame of the seat. At the top of the back support of some chairs, there was a sphere with horns imitating a goat's or bull's head. In some seals, chairs are depicted with seats shaped like boxes. The chairs would have been 90 cm high, the seat and the back support would have been 45 cm (18 inches) high.