colonial furniture. Part 2.

A two-level cabinet has become popular, using thread and turned the English style decoration. New domestic box element was the Bible. With a secure lid, he took the Bible, and important documents. & Nbsp;available space often has its own position. By the mid-eighteenth century, the demand for convenience has grown among the new prosperous merchants, resulting in there are more small houses with an elegant interior and sophisticated furnishings. Gone is a simple, bulky and functional rural furniture. Entered the European baroque and rococo style, elegant urban design of Queen Anne and Chippendale styles. In each room required special furniture.

Since 1725, the fundamental of the Baroque style of William and Mary began to merge with the more complex forms of Queen Anne. With its thin and stiff S-shaped feet, cushions, ticks or pointed legs he dominated the American British colonies over the next three decades. American Queen Anne was easier than his English counterpart. Where the British relied on carving and gilding for decoration, the Americans sought to symmetry and proportions, respecting the natural qualities of wood. At high chairs and chests sometimes appear jagged buckle under the weight of shells and scrollwork. What they did not boast the most important element of Queen Anne was CYMA curve, one William Hogarth called him a snake, "The Line of Beauty." No part of the furniture has not been relieved of the curve, and back to a solid vase in the form of icons or arcuate ridge. Its use goes beyond decoration and part of the furniture.

In the major urban centers, with direct links to European masters were created at the expense of the royal governors, successful traders, immigrants and artisans. & Nbsp;An exclusive collection of the most elegant and useful household furniture designs in the Gothic, Chinese and modern taste was first published in England in 1754.

While the Queen Anne furniture stayed as a competitor, carved sign on. Chippendale chair back has become very much in the British colonies in 1760 and the 1770s. Proper furniture solutions have led to trading in which American craftsmen were able to bypass all and get rid of dependence and of their English counterparts. In each urban center, mahogany, expensive wood from the Caribbean, quickly replaced the traditional local royal favorites: walnut, maple, cherry. Colonial furniture then you could find around the house. Rather delicate, curved lines with cabinets, sofas, chairs have come to dominate the beautiful and powerful chairs, tables, beds . It is noteworthy innovations have not touched a soft chair. The wide popularity of Chinese ceramics have resulted in yet another new type of furniture - corner cabinet