Victorian and Georgian rooms and furniture, from the restored town house to the parlour.
GeorgianVictorianLouis XV, Louis XVI and provincial furniture, with the timeline that ties the French styles together.
French ProvincialLouis XVFurniture, porcelain and rooms from Japan and, in time, the wider Asian traditions that shaped European taste.
JapaneseThe two movements that closed one century and opened the next, as they shaped French furniture.
Furniture styles by era take their names from places, rulers and periods, and often overlap: a Louis XV commode, a Victorian settee and a Georgian side table were made under different courts, tastes and technologies. This section follows those traditions one at a time, so each can be read in its own terms, with its furniture, its interiors and the details that identify it.
Start with French, where a timeline from Louis XIII to the Belle Époque frames Louis XV, Louis XVI and French provincial furniture. Then Victorian, from its furniture to the settee, and Georgian. For a broader look at Baroque furniture, explore pieces from Amsterdam, Rome, Paris and London.
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