Little books about old furniture: English furniture
| Author(s): | John Percy Blake and A E Reveirs-Hopkins |
| Category: | Furniture & Furnishings |
| Publisher: | New York: F.A. Stokes Co |
| Publish date: | Jan 1, 1911 |
| ISBN: | 0009900000144 |
| Number of pages: | 204 |
The sovereigns of England, unlike those of France, have seldom taken to themselves the task of acting as patrons of the fine arts. Therefore when we write of the "Queen Anne period" we do not refer to the influence of the undistinguished lady who for twelve years occupied the throne of England. The term is merely convenient for the purpose of classifi- cation, embracing, as it does, the period from William and Mary to George I. during which the furniture had a strong family likeness and shows a development very much on the same line. The change, at the last quarter of the seventeenth century, from the Jacobean models to the Dutch, was probably the most important change that has come over English furniture. It was a change which strongly influenced Chippendale and his school, and remains with us to this day.
