Posts Tagged ‘regency chairs’

Country Chair of c. 1800 - Regency Chair - A Regency Period Library Chair - A Gillows Chair - Balloon-Back Victorian Chair in Walnut

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Country Chair of c. 1800 -  Regency Chair - A Regency Period Library Chair - A Gillows Chair - Balloon-Back Victorian Chair in Walnut
A very simplified country chair of c. 1800. The design owes something to Sheraton in the tapering front legs and squared style of the back. The two horizontal rails are very [...]

Upholstered Regency Chairs

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

CHAIRS — upholstered, Regency
The vast majority of the furniture produced in the eighteenth century was restrained in design. Even the rococo extravagances made for the very wealthy had a sense of order. In the nineteenth century the mass market demand for more decorative furniture became increasingly strong but the results were not always successful.
A well-executed [...]