The Historic Styles of Interior Design ...: History of Interiors |
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THE FRENCH PERIODS | 8 |
THE ENGLISH PERIODS | 28 |
The Middle English Style | 35 |
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acanthus Adam Phase arabesques arches architectural forms balusters Baroque barrel vaults bas-relief brackets cabinets cabriole leg Carolean carved caryatids chairs coffers color columns comfort composition cornice cove cove vault crude curves dark detail EARLY ENGLISH STYLE effect elegance Elizabethan employed enframement especially feeling floor frames French Renaissance frieze furniture Georgian style gilded gold Gothic heavy Henry II High Renaissance Hôtel houses important influence inlays interior design Italian Jacobean Late Stuart-Early Georgian legs light linenfold lines Louis XIV Style Louis XV low-relief mantels marble MIDDLE ENGLISH STYLE mirror moldings motifs occasionally ornament oval overmantel parquetry pediment Phase cont'd pieces pilasters plain previous period proportions rail rectangular refined reign rich richly Rococo room scheme Salon scrolls semi-circular simple slender smaller stair halls stairways stone strapwork Stuart Stuart-Early Georgian Phase Style cont'd surfaces symmetrical tapestries treated Tudor upper wall usually vestibules wall panels walnut whole wood