Furniture History (Part 6) : George II style furniture 1727 - 1760

George II, born in 1683, was king in Great Britain from 1727 until his death in 1760.

Mahogany replaced walnut as the fashionable wood. mahogany furniture furniture is dark reddish and did n't need varnishing.

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Furniture History (Part 5) : George I style furniture 1714 - 1727

George I, born in 1660, was king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 until his death in 1727.

Much of the fine George I furniture was made of walnut and also veneered with walnut (veneering: covering with thin layers)

The serpentine curves, the cabriole leg of rounded section and the claw-and-ball-foot were all features of George I period chairs in England.

Furniture History (Part 4) : Georgian style furniture 17th - early 18th century

This furniture style was during the reign of George I, George II, George III in Great Britain. The most important change that occurred in the furniture in Georgian style was the replacement of walnut, by mahogany. The legs are elaborately carved terminating in a pad or ball-and-claw foot. Separate designers distinguished themselves in the late Georgian period, this is known as the "The Golden Age of Furniture". Important designers were: Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Adam. Common items included side tables with marble tops, chairs peaked with shells and legs graced with fish-scaled scrolls.

Furnitur History (Part 3) : Queen Anne style furniture 1702 - 1714

Queen Anne (1665 - 1714) 1702 - 1714 was the last monarch of the House of Stuarts. The Queen Anne style is a refinement of the William and Mary style with lighter, graceful, more comfortable furniture.

The single most important decoration of Queen Anne furniture was the carved cockle or scallop shell. Cabinetmakers replaced the straight, turned legs with more graceful cabriole legs. The leg had an out-curved knee and an in curved ankle.

Walnut became the preferred wood along with cherry and maple. Imported mahony began to be favoured. Regardless of the wood, a small amount of Queen Anne furniture was painted white.

The feet in which the legs of furniture terminate underwent alteration and improvement. Ultimately claw and ball feet make their reappearance, and makes an attractive finish to the heavier type of cabriole leg that evolved after the disuse of the stretcher. Scroll feet are generally associated with the earlier Queen Anne furniture, but there were also club feet, spade feet, the drake foot which was carved with three toes and a square moulded type of foot.

Card and the collapsible bridge table or gaming tables were another Queen Anne innovation.

Still popular are lacquer work, the rich oriental wares and china, the use of gesso design, and the Dutch marquetry cabinets, with their bombe sides and fronts and profuse decoration.

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Jepara carving: the legend who became the pride of the island of Java

Jepara carving art is sculpture that has the range and patterns are very unusual. beauty and diversity of relief carving patterns that no one could have made memalihkan gaze when looking at the sculpture.  Jepara carving sculpture of a difference with other regions, but the most famous in Indonesia today is Jepara carving.

LEGEND

Narrated an expert on sculpture and painting named Prabangkara who live in the UB from the King of Majapahit kingdom, at one time the king sent Prabangkara to make king consort of painting as an expression of his love for the queen who was very beautiful and fascinating.

Painting the empress without clothes that can be solved by Prabangkara perfectly and of course this makes King UB became suspicious because on certain body parts and secret there is a natural mark / special there are also the paintings and the place / position and shape exactly. By a ruse, Prabangkara with all the equipment disposed tied to a kite that after the laying-up in the sky cut the rope.

In these circumstances hover Prabangkara chisel fell in a village known as Rear Mountain near the town of Jepara. In a small village north of Jepara town until now indeed there are many high-quality carvers. But the origin of the carvings here whether it is correct due to the fall chisel Prabangkara, there are no historical data that supports it.

HISTORY

1. In the reign of Queen Kalinyamat, there was a vizier named Sungging Badarduwung derived from Campa (Cambodia) turned out to sculpt an expert as well. Now his Patih can still be seen at the Old Mosque and Mausoleum complex Kalinyamat Queen built in the XVI century.

2. The collapse of the Majapahit Kingdom has led to the spread of Hindu scholars and artists to various parts of the first half of XVI century. In the development, these artists continue to develop its expertise by adjusting the identity in the new area so that timbulah various regional motifs such as: Motive Majapahit, Bali, Mataram, Pajajaran, and expanding in Jepara Jepara until now.

Jepara carving art now is a very nice decoration to display in the house, either as pproperti and other home appliances, such as: doors, windows, tables, chairs and other.

Jepara carving art is sculpture that has the range and patterns are very unusual. beauty and diversity of relief carving patterns that no one could have made memalihkan gaze when looking at the sculpture. emiliki Jepara carving sculpture of a difference with other regions, but the most famous in Indonesia today is Jepara carving.

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Furniture History (Part 2) : William and Mary style furniture 1689 - 1702

William III and Mary II reigned over England, Ireland and Scotland from 1689. Mary died in 1694, William in 1702.

William and Mary style has Flemish, Dutch, French and Chinese influences. Huguenot refugees from France worked in the cabinetmakers’.

It is characterized by trumpet turned legs, terminating in a hoof, claw, ball, or bun feet, padded or caned chair seats, and Oriental lacquer-work.

The chair backs were high, and rounded at the top with carving, shaped slightly to fit the shape of your back. The banisterback chair, with and without arms, replaced the cane back chair. The back legs of the chairs were splayed out at the bottom. Settees, upholstered or with loose cushions came in the main room.

Highboys and lowboys, with six high elaborated trumpet-shaped legs or spiral-turned legs, appeared and rapidly became a favorite of the Colonial furniture craftsmen.

Some of the furniture was made of oak , but the Colonial workmen were finding walnut, maple, pine, apple wood, sycamore, and other native woods much easier to use.

Marquetry became an important feature of decoration often the form of elaborate floral patterns, cockle shell and acanthus leaf, or  seaweed.

Some of the furniture was painted and gilded.

Hardware, made of cast brass, became decorative as well as functional.

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