This article
outlines briefly the influences on English Restoration furniture, mainly from
the European continent, particularly the Netherlands
and France.
English
cabinets, chairs, tables, chandeliers and a work desk are convincing examples
to take into account and compared with their mainland counterparts. They
show the impact of styles and techniques resulting from European neighbors in
the north of England,
is guided by the Southern European models. Restore
1660 is a firm terminus post quem, and the arts flourished again after the
rigors of the English Interregnum, the gap artistic past decades filled with
imported styles. Court
affects the taste of wealthy patrons was important. Since
the 16th century, France
had embraced Italian styles. The
"Sun King" Louis XIV of France was a model for the European
leaders, his court was widely imitated. The
proximity of England and France
relations influenced the court of England, whose patronage thus dictated
dominant styles. France
has also influenced Netherlands,
itself the center of an empire. The
Dutch East India Company imported goods from China
and India, which have
influenced the Dutch artisans export to England. Continental
craftsmen still practiced in England,
given the traction Great Fire of London in 1666, and by Louis XIV in 1685
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, which drove qualified Huguenot Protestants
in France, England and the Netherlands. Wider
access to the continental influence has led, especially after William and Mary
in 1688 memberships England.
English
craftsmen adopted Continental styles of pattern books widely available and
directly from their foreign colleagues. The
State House, derived from Versailles,
was fertile ground for the decorative arts. Furniture
such as apartments with a great English houses, silver and other precious
materials such as wood, natural illustrate the derived style English. After
the restoration, English furniture has evolved into a more original itself
affect the colonies and other European countries.