Furniture

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Red satin sofa with a deeply buttoned back and seat, a carved wooden crest with a central oval medallion and small finials, and short turned legs, on a patterned carpet

Victorian Sofas, Settees and Fainting Couches: Names, Forms and How to Tell Them Apart

English · VictorianRosewood sofa with a pierced, carved crest of flowers and scrolls along the back, red damask upholstery and curved legs, on a gray ground

Victorian Furniture: A Guide to Its Styles, Woods and Forms

English · VictorianMantel clock with a white enamel dial between two winged sphinxes in gilt bronze, on a white marble base with a gilt-bronze frieze of medallions, against a grey ground

Ormolu and Gilt Bronze: The Gold on French Furniture, Explained

FrenchBlack-and-white photograph of a long carved walnut daybed with cabriole legs, a carved scalloped apron and a high upholstered back topped by a pierced shell cresting

French Provincial Furniture: What the Name Means, and What It Doesn’t

French ProvincialBlack lacquer drop-front secretary on a slender stand with gilt-bronze mounts, a marble top and a gilt urn between the legs, against a grey ground

Louis XVI Furniture: Neoclassical Lines and How to Recognize Them

FrenchBlack lacquered commode with two drawers, a marble top, tall curved legs and gilt-bronze mounts framing painted Chinese figure scenes

Louis XV Furniture: A Guide to the Style, Its Forms and How to Recognize It

French · Louis XVBlack and white photograph of a mahogany daybed with a scrolled end, sphinx-shaped arm supports, a pale patterned cushion and slim tapering legs

French Furniture Styles: A Visual Timeline from Louis XIII to Belle Époque

FrenchGilded beechwood bergère with closed, upholstered sides and a loose seat cushion, covered in pale silk with a Chinese-style scene, in front of painted wall panelling

Bergère Chair and Fauteuil: How to Tell the Two French Armchairs Apart

French · Louis XVLeather chair in soft maple and ash

Reupholstering a 1930s Club Chair

Elsewhere in the journal
French Art Deco furniture and decoration in Ruhlmann's small salon, 1925 colour plate: pale panelled walls edged in gilt, a tiered crystal chandelier, a gilded relief above a mirror, a dark desk with a slatted lid, a cream armchair and a round painted panel of birds before the fireplace

French Art Deco Furniture: Ruhlmann’s Pavilion at the 1925 Paris Exposition

Art Nouveau & Art DecoBaroque furniture: a tall state bed hung with blue silk damask, with a deep fringed canopy and curtains, shown in a dark museum gallery beside an upholstered armchair

Baroque Furniture: The Roman Baroque Bed

Baroque & RococoDark wooden cabinet with asymmetrical stepped shelves and small open compartments above, gold and red carved panels in the lower doors and a pierced brass grille at the centre

Japonisme: How Japanese Art and Design Reshaped Western Interiors

Asian · Japanese