Queen Anne Style (UK)
Introduction
Queen Anne Style is the name given to three different decorative styles.
History
The first and original dates back to the beginning of the century in Great Britain, successor to the William and Mary style. It applied to architecture and decorative arts designed during the reign of Anne, covering part of the reign of George I.
The other two styles corresponded to revivals of the original style and include architecture built at the end of the century in England and the United States.[1].
Characteristics
As for Queen Anne furniture, the chairs with cabriole legs are distinguished (curved in the shape of an S and have a ball, claw or hoof at their lower end) with a curved backrest adapted to the human figure; A wide variety of small tea serving tables were also made. Silver work, such as silver tableware, has refined and sober lines. In the field of architecture, the style was used in the construction of brick residential buildings, which marked a great contrast to the existing English Baroque architecture.
Around 1870 there was a revival of the Queen Anne style in England, as seen in the red brick townhouses of London and the country estates built by the English architect Richard Norman Shaw. American designers adapted Shaw's style.[2].
References
- [1] ↑ Cambridge Encyclopedia, Crystal (Cambridge University Press) 1994, p.69.
- [2] ↑ Queen Anne Style.: http://www.buffaloah.com/a/archsty/queen/index.html