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antique furniture
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D- SOURCES of Furniture Western furniture has been affected by four main sources: Egyptian, Asian (Persian and Chinese), Greek, and Gothic. EGYPT 6,000 years old. Displayed an advanced form of woodworking and decoration , characterized by inlays of gold, ivory and animal forms. GREECE Favored the low couch, the tripod, and graceful, curved outlines. ITALY Renaissance brought richly decorated pieces for domestic interiors FRANCE Furniture became a leading influence with the Louis styles, France became a very powerful country from the start of the 18th century The latest fashion in France was rapidly passed to other countries Louis XIV with the Baroque , carving of animals , and beasts of mythology Louis XV with curvaceous Rococo , curved cabriole legs and peinture Louis XVI with squarer outlines , straighter legs , and simpler forms Boulle :- with beautiful inlaid marquetry of tortoiseshell , brass and ivory ENGLAND Elizabethan :- in oak, with huge, bulbous supports; Jacobean :- lighter and more comfortable, with spiral supports; William and Mary :- curved outlines, trumpet leg, and inverted-cupfoot Queen Ann :- cyma curves, rounded cabriole leg, and broken pediment Georgian :- fine cabinetwork in a number of styles set by such designers as Chippendale , Hepplewhite, Robert Adam , James and Sheraton etc . USA furniture adapted current English styles in utilitarian form Later Phyfe, Savery, and John Goddard, added walnut and mahogany The late 19th cent. brought mass production of machine-made furniture and saw an expression of flamboyant taste in golden oak of rococo design; This was followed by a reaction in the United States to the Mission style of rectilinear construction in weathered oak.