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The Showroom
Market Square
Petworth
West Sussex
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GU28 0AH
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01798 344 092

ABOUT ANTIQUES – A brief history
|
Henry VIII |
1509-1547 |
TUDOR PERIOD |
OAK |
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Edward VI |
1547-1553 | ||
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Mary I |
1553-1558 | ||
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Elizabeth |
1558-1603 |
ELIZABETHAN PERIOD |
Low relief carving-some paint & guilding inlay |
|
James I |
1603-1625 |
STUART PERIOD |
using fruit woods-beech-ash-holly-sycamore-bone-ivory-mother of pearl |
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Charles I |
1625-1649 | ||
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Commonwealth |
1649-1660 |
Puritan style |
Tapestry manufacturey |
|
Restoration |
1660 |
CAROLEAN PERIOD |
WALNUT |
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Charles II |
1649-1685 | ||
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James II |
1685-1689 |
Hugenot Influence |
holly woods-burr walnut-ebony |
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William III & Mary |
1689-1702 |
Dutch Influence |
Carving lime & pine for gesso & guilding-silvering-oriental english lacquer |
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Anne |
1702-1714 |
Baroque |
Arebesque “seaweed” marquetry using box or holly & walnut |
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George I |
1714-1727 |
GEORGIAN PERIOD |
solid walnut |
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George II |
1727-1760 | ||
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MAHOGANY | |||
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George III |
1760-1820 |
CLASSICAL REVIVAL |
Honduras
exotic woods for veneers Gilding-Lacquers & Buhl |
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Regency |
1811-1820 | ||
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George IV |
1820-1830 | ||
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William IV |
1830-1837 |
VICTORIAN PERIOD |
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Victoria |
1837-1901 | ||
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Edward VII |
1901-1910 |
EDWARDIAN PERIOD |
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