Elizabethan Style

1558-1603

English Period Furnishings:

HISTORY OF
ARCHITECTURAL INTERIOR STYLES

English Period Styles

PART 1
Arch. B. Cruz

Elizabethan Style
1558-1603

English Period Furnishings:

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Oak

heavy

Pewter table

Carved corner post beds

Canopy beds
Velvet drapery
Bulbous table legs

Jacobean Style
1603-1649

English Period Furnishings:

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Oak

Simple

Functional

Chest of drawers designed

Elaborate carvings

Writing table designed

Chairs with no arms for the large
dresses
Gate-leg table introduced

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Nicknamed Good Queen Bess

Never married, but flirtatious and
extravagant
Queen during Religious unrest
between Catholics and Protestants
Shakespeare was writing

Under the rule of James I and late

brother Charles I
After the English Monarchy ended
with Queen Elizabeth
Puritans began to slightly influenced
design

Jacobean Style
1603-1649

English Period Furnishings:

Named after Queen Elizabeth of

England last of the Tudor Monarchy

Jacobean Style
1603-1649

English Period Furnishings:

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Panel beds x-crossed chairs

Carpets being introduced

Commonwealth or
Cromwellian 1649-1660

English Period Furnishings:

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Restoration
1660 1689
Reestablishment of the throne in
England with Charles II
Prior to this he and his court spent
the Commonwealth years in exile to
France

Styles taken from French Baroque

William and Mary

1689 1694

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
King William III came from Holland and
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
ruled in England with his wife Mary
1649-1660
Restoration
Brought with him his are needed to see
1660-1689
this picture. Dutch craftsmen
William and Mary
1689-1694
Highly opposed King Louis XIV of France
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
but stayed very competitive with him, even
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles to the point of speaking French over Dutch
1714-1812
or English
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

1642 Civil war broke between the

ruling class and the Puritans, led by
Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell led a commonwealth or
Republic society in England until 1660

Restoration
1660 1689

English Period Furnishings:

English Period Furnishings:

Cromwell led a commonwealth or

Republic society in England until 1660

English Period Furnishings:

1642 Civil war broke between the

ruling class and the Puritans, led by
Oliver Cromwell

Commonwealth or
Cromwellian 1649-1660

English Period Furnishings:

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

English Period Furnishings:

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Walnut for carving

Ornamental
Caning in chair backs
Japanese influence on veneering
furniture

William and Mary

1689 1694
Walnut
Veneers, and veneer inlay
Turned legs
High back lavishly
upholstered chairs
Some caning of backs (influenced
from Asia)

English Period Furnishings:

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

English Period Furnishings:

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

English Period Furnishings:

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

English Period Furnishings:

Early Colonial

Log Cabin

Country Rustic

Early Colonies settling

Styles influenced and brought over

by the early settlers

Queen Anne
1702 1714

English Period Furnishings:

Brought England to par with France

and Italy with design
Baroque style of France influential
then Asian simplicity at the very end
of her reign

Middle class was growing in

aesthetics and wealth

Walnut some beech and in the

country-oak
Claw and ball feet

Early and Mid Georgian

Mahogany replaced walnut

Roman architectural elements like

friezes, pediments, sphinxes,
symmetry
Later influenced by the grotesque
or highly elaborate Rococo style of
France

furniture

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

English Period Furnishings:

Chippendale famous
maker of the time

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Queen Anne
1702 1714
Brought England to par with France
and Italy with design
Baroque style of France influential
then Asian simplicity at the very end
of her reign
Middle class was growing in
aesthetics and wealth

Three Georgian Styles

1714 1812
Influenced by Kings George I. II,
and III

Early
Architecture

Georgian:

Roman

Middle Georgian: Rococo Style

Late Georgian: Greek influence and
Chinoiserie

Late Georgian
Travels to Rome and Greece with
excavations of Pompeii
Neo Classical Style
In France Louis XIV was already
dominating this style
Famous: Adams as the prominent
furniture and interior designer
Light and straight lines, inlay,
marquetry

English Period Furnishings:

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Other Georgian Style

This type of furnishing would
typically be found in one single room
of a upper class home (to look
cultured) often the tea room or a
ladys dressing room
Faux Bamboo

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Regency
1812 1830

English Period Furnishings:

Chinoiserie

Beech

Chinese influences:
Pagodas, dragons, gold and black

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Prince Regent George

Tried to make actual replicas of
ancient and a Greek and Roman
furnishings
Egyptian influence too

Victorian
1837 1901

English Period Furnishings:

Faux finishes, faux marbling

Egyptian, Greek and Roman
influences: Sphinxes, claw and ball
feet

Regency
1812 1830

English Period Furnishings:

Elizabethan style
1558-1603
Jacobean style
1603-1649
Commonwealth or
Cromwellian
1649-1660
Restoration
1660-1689
William and Mary
1689-1694
Early Colonial
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Three Georgian styles
1714-1812
Early and mid Georgian
Late Georgian
Other Georgian style
Regency
1812-1830
Victorian
1837-1901

Luxury and Ease

Comfortablity
Middle Class rise as Industrial
Revolution
Hide the ugly
Plush
Combination of all early style
influences