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The Furniture History Society is based in London, with close connections at the Victoria & Albert Museum.It was founded by a number of art and antique dealers. Since 1965, the society's annual journal ″Furniture History" has published recent findings on British and continental European, Asian and American furniture.
Sideboard by Ince and Mayhew, 1786. Ince and Mayhew were a partnership of furniture designers, upholsterers and cabinetmakers, founded and run by William Ince (1737–1804) [1] and John Mayhew (1736–1811) in London, from 1759 to 1803; Mayhew continued alone in business until 1809.
The use of lighter, more flexible woods allowed the furniture of the Renaissance and Baroque periods to gradually give way to more curvilinear designs. [6] One of these designs was the bombe vitrine, which generally bulged out in a section between curved sabot legs and a straighter upper body which featured the panes of glass. [7]
Pages in category "History of furniture" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 40/4 Chair;
NEN 1812 Furniture standard from the Netherlands: NEN is the Dutch Institute for Standardization, and NEN 1812 sets standards for furniture in the Netherlands. GB 28007-2011 Children's furniture – General technical requirements for children's furniture: This Chinese standard specifies technical requirements for children's furniture designed ...
Furniture was of limited usage in Japan. Despite this, defining furniture in Japan can be difficult, as the furniture that did exist was very diverse, with furniture varying widely depending on the social status of the owner. Furniture also changed drastically over the course of Japanese history.
Geoffrey Castle. The France Family of Upholsterers and Cabinet-Makers, Furniture History Society Journal, 2005, Vol XLI, pp. 25–43. Geoffrey Beard and Christopher Gilbert. The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660–1840, Furniture History Society, 1986. ISBN 0901286184
Christopher Gallard Gilbert (7 September 1936 – 29 September 1998) was a British furniture historian and museum curator. He wrote on Thomas Chippendale and was a founding member of the Furniture History Society in 1964. From 1975 to 1983, he was the editor of the society's annual journal, Furniture History, and, in 1990, he became its ...