Objective 5.01: CLASSIFY the most recognized styles of furniture

Objective 5.01:CLASSIFY the most recognized styles of furniture

Housing Decisions page 297• Divide a piece of paper into four sections. • Label the sections “Queen Ann Style”,

“Chippendale Style”, “Breuer Style” (Bauhaus), and “Frank Lloyd Wright Style”.

• Under each heading list specific characteristics that would help identify each style of furniture.

• Add a sketch or picture each of the four different furniture styles.

Choosing furniture styles is a matter of taste or personal preference...there is no right or wrong furniture.

Studying various styles of furniture can give you an idea of what you like best.

TRADITIONAL STYLES FROM ENGLAND

Queen Anne

February 6, 1665 August 1, 1714

Began her reign March 8, 1702

Characteristics of Queen Anne Furniture

• Smaller, lighter, and more comfortable than earlier styles

• Has a Chinese or Oriental influence• Emphasis on line and form rather than ornamentation• Curving shapes• Cabriole legs and with a pad foot• Vasiform (vase shaped) splats (chair backs)• Carved shells and fans• Cushioned seats• Wing-back chairs.

Queen Anne Characteristics

Queen Anne Wing-Back Chair

circa 1710

Queen Anne Side Chair, circa 1750 Appraised

Value: $3,000 - $5,500

Queen Anne Side Chair Video

18th-Century Queen Anne

Highboy Appraised Value: $4,000 - $5,000

Pennsylvania Queen Anne

Miniature Chest on Stand, circa 1750…… $$?

Queen Anne Miniature Chest Video

Next: Chippendale not Chip n’ Dale

Thomas Chippendale1718-1779

Created furniture during the reigns of King George II

and III

Characteristics of Chippendale Furniture• Gothic and Chinese influences• Squared, more masculine design than Queen

Anne• Emphasized ornamentation• Curved top rail with carved ears• Pierced vasiform splat• Cabriole legs with carved knees and ball and

claw feet• Later designs have straight legs due to Chinese

influence.

Chippendale Characteristics

Chippendale Style - Ball and Claw Foot

Chippendale Side Chair

Circa 1765-1775

Chippendale Style – Straight Leg

What features of Chippendale do you see?

Chippendale Style Side Chair, circa

1775…… $$?

Chippendale Chair Video

1778 Chippendale Miniature Walnut Chest Appraised Value: $$?

$50,000 – $60,000

Which is which? How do you know?

Traditional Furniture Mini Poster:Individual Assignment

On cardstock put:• 2 pictures of Queen Anne furniture• 5 characteristics of Queen Anne furniture• 2 pictures of Chippendale furniture• 5 characteristics of Chippendale furniture• 2 ways the styles are similar • 2 ways the styles are different