period furniture
Historical style furnishings
Period furniture refers to furniture made during a specific historical era, or modern reproductions in that style: The dealer specializes in period furniture from the Georgian era.
The term usually implies quality craftsmanship and distinctive design characteristics of a recognized period—Queen Anne, Chippendale, Victorian, Art Deco.
Antique dealers distinguish between genuine period pieces and later reproductions.
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- marquetryDecorative veneer patterning
- veneerDecorative outer layer
- cabrioleLeaping dance step
- claw footCurved decorative furniture base
Baroque · dovetailing · highboy · Victorian · upholstery · Rococo · lacquerwork · French polish · secretaire · Regency · provenance · antique dealer · ormolu · Tudor · Renaissance · Louis XV · William and Mary · pediments
- antiquesantiques, antique, antique coins, Greek vases, antique shop
- estate toursmansion tours, castle tours, winery tours, vineyard tours, plantation tours
- historic mansiongrand staircase, ballroom, library, drawing room, dining hall
- heritage tourismheritage trails, heritage centers, plantation tours, battlefield tours, historic forts
- VersaillesVersailles, Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, Sun King, palace grounds
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
period furnituremodern furniture
Current-style home furnishings
contemporary furniture · modernist furniture · mid-century modern · minimalist furniture · modular furniture