![]() The period of the 1700s and on into the early 1800s. is often called the Golden Century because it was during this period that furniture design became a popular art, expressing the changing moods of the people , and the exuberant spirit of the times. Thus in its gradual evolution from periods of earliest civilization, the history of furniture parallels the progress of culture. |
YEAR |
FRANCE |
ITALY |
USA |
UK |
16th Century |
Francois I |
Cinquecento |
Early Colonial |
Tudor-Gothic |
17th Century |
Loius XIII |
Baroque |
Early Colonial |
Jacobean |
18th Century |
Louis XIV |
Baroque |
William, Mary |
William III |
19th Century |
Empire |
Empire |
Empire |
Late Georgian |