Antique Furniture : their styles, periods and gouvernements.
the Netherlands.
ca 1200 - 1550 : Gothic style (Karel V, 1515-1555)
ca 1540 - 1600 : Early Renaissance (Stadhouder Willem Van Oranje, 1559-1584)
(Stadhouder Maurits, 1585-1625)
ca 1600 - 1650 : Renaissance (Stadhouder Frederik Hendrik, 1625 - 1647)
(Stadhouder Willem II, 1647 - 1650)
ca 1650 - 1750 : Baroque (1th episode Stadhouderloze, 1650 -1672)
(King-stadhouder Willem III, 1672 - 1702)
1700 beginning of the French influence. (2nd episode Stadhouderloze, 1702 - 1747)
ca 1700 - 1725 : Style Louis XIV
ca 1747 - 1775 : Style Louix XV or Rococo (Erfstadhouder Willem IV, 1747 - 1751)
(Princes Widow Anna, governess, 1751 - 1759)
ca 1775 - 1790 : Style Louis VI influence or Transition (Erfstadhouder Willem V, 1759 - 1795)
ca 1790 - 1800 : Style Louis VI stijl or Classicisme (Batavian Republic, 1795 - 1806)
ca 1800 - 1820 : The Empire (Kingdom of Holland, 1806 - 1810)
(Annexation with Frankrijk, 1810 -1814)
ca 1820 - 1850 : The Biedermeier style (King Willem I, 1814 - 1840)
(King Willem II, 1840 - 1849)
ca 1850 - 1890 : Neo styles or Style Willem III, (King Willem II,I 1849-1890)
ca 1890 - 1925 : Jugendstill (Emma Regent, 1890 - 1898)
(Queen Wilhelmina, 1898 - 1948)
ca 1925 - 1935 : Art Deco style.
Willem van Oranje
France.
ca 1500 - 1550 : End of the Gothic Style (Francois I, 1515 - 1547)
ca 1550 - 1625 : Renaissance (Henri II, 1547 - 1559)
(Francois I, 1559 - 1560)
(Charles IX, 1560 - 1574)
(Henri III, 1574 - 1589)
ca 1590 - 1610 : High Renaissance (Henri IV, 1589 - 1610)
ca 1610 - 1650 : Late Renaissance or Style Louis XIII (Louis XIII, 1610 - 1643)
ca 1650 - 1715 : Baroque or Style Louis XIV (Louis XIV, 1650 - 1715)
ca 1710 - 1723 : Style Régence (Régence, 1715 - 1723)
(Louis XV, 1723 - 1774)
ca 1723 - 1755 : Style Louix XV or Rococo (Louis XV)
ca 1755 - 1774 : Transition (Louis XV)
ca 1774 - 1790 : Style Louis XVI or Classisisme (Louis XVI, 1774 - 1793)
ca 1789 - 1792 : Revolutionaire (Louis XVI)
ca 1792 - 1795 : the Convention style
ca 1795 - 1799 : Directoire (directoire gouvernement, 1795 - 1789)
ca 1799 - 1804 : Consulate (consulate gouvernement, 1799 - 1804)
ca 1804 - 1818 : the Empire Style (Napoleon I, 1804 -1815)
(Louis XVIII, 1815 - 1824)
ca 1815 - 1852 : Styles Restauration : Charles X period (Charles X, 1824 - 1830)
Louis Philippe period (Louis Philippe 1830 - 1848)
(IInd republic, 1848 - 1852)
ca 1852 - 1875 : Styles Napoleon III or the Second Empire (Napoleon III, 1852 - 1870)
(3rd republic, 1870 - 1890)
ca 1890 - 1925 : Art Nouveau
ca 1925 - 1935 : Art Deco
Kind of wood used for the furniture on the European continent (qua period) :
13th century : oak
14th and 15th century : oak and (wal)nuts
16th eeuw : (wal)nuts
17th eeuw : ebbony
18th eeuw : tinted wood (f.e. fruit),for the first part of the 18th century
massif mahogany end 18th - begin 19th century.
Louis XVI
England
ca 1500 - 1530 : Gothic (Henri VIII, 1509 - 1547)
ca 1530 - 1570 : Early Tudor (Edward VI, 1547 - 1553)
(Queen Mary, 1553 - 1558)
(Queen Elizabeth, 1558 - 1603)
ca 1570 - 1600 : Late Tudor or Elizabethan style (Queen Elizabeth)
ca 1600 - 1625 : Jacobean (James I, 1603 - 1625)
ca 1625 - 1649 : Charles I (Charles I, 1625 - 1649)
ca 1649 - 1660 : Commonwealth (Cromwell, 1649 - 1660)
ca 1660 - 1688 : Restoration (Charles II, 1660 - 1685)
(James II, 1685 - 1688)
ca 1690 - 1700 : William & Mary (William III, 1688 - 1702)
ca 1702 - 1750 : Queen Anne and Early Georgean (Queen Anne, 1702 - 1714)
(George I, 1714 - 1727)
ca 1750 - 1785 : Late Georgian (George II, 1727 - 1760)
(George III, 1760 - 1820)
ca 1765 - 1785 : Chippendale (George III, 1760 - 1820) Chippendale was a designer.
ca 1765 - 1792 : Hepplewhite (George III) Hepplewhite was a designer.
ca 1790 - 1795 : Sheraton (George III) Sheraton was a designer.
ca 1810 - 1830 : Regency (Regency, 1811 - 1820)
(George IV, 1820 - 1830)
ca 1830 - 1860 : Early Victorian (Queen Victoria, 1837 - 1901)
ca 1860 - 1880 : Victorian (Queen Victoria)
ca 1880 - 1900 : Late Victorian (Queen Victoria)
ca 1900 - 1925 : Mordern Style (Edward VII, 1901 - 1910)
(George V, 1910 - 1936)
ca 1925 - 1935 : Art Deco
Kind of wood used in Engeland :
16th century untill 1660 : age of oak
1660 untill 1750 : age of walnut
1720 untill 1765 : age of mahogany.
Queen Victoria
