Georgian Style Furniture (1714 - 1820)
Spanning the reigns of three English kings, the Georgian style covers the Golden Age of English furniture design.
Reflecting the period's prosperity and rise of mahogany over walnut, Georgian furniture is marked by good proportion, refinement of scale and a more varied outline. Chairs were shortened and continued w/ cabriole legs but now ending in a more ornate ball-and-claw foot. Designs generally featured straight forms with intricate low-relief ornamentation.
Early Georgian style reflects a continuation of Queen Anne but with a heavier and more richer approach like gliding and lavish upholstery. Chairs and tables have brass castors and legs sport a scallop shell.
English furniture styles of this period will borrow features mainly from the French rococo and Louis XV style, Chinese and Gothic elements, and finally neoclassic Louis XVI style.
