Design History
3. Gothic: This seating area has windows designed with tracery. Tracery is the name for the stonework supporting the glass in a Gothic window Tracery was founded during the late Gothic period. Gothic Tracery is the most popular type of tracery with the outstanding feature of being drawn by using geometric rules and consisting of lines and circles only.
4. Baroque: This lounge area or living room has a table made with the technique of Marquetry. Marquetry was seen in the Baroque period, and it is the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns and designs. This technique can be used on small decorative items or furniture.
5. Greece: The wall in this house has a very geometric design. This is called fretwork. Fretwork is a decorative design that is either carved in low relief on a solid background or cut out with a fretsaw, coping saw, jigsaw, or scroll saw. Most fretwork patterns are geometric in design. Fretwork was first seen in Egypt but became popular in Europe.
6. Rococo: The wall with the fireplace and mirror has an asymmetrical floral design. This is inspired by the Rococo period. The Rococo period was heavily inspired by nature and curvy feminine designs. The Rococo first emerged in France during the 1720s and 30s as a style developed by craftspeople and designers rather than architects.
7. Victorian: The couch is full of tufting inspired by the Victorian period. During the very cluttered Victorian period, we saw tufting. Tufting is a type of textile manufacturing in which a thread is inserted on a primary base. Tufting was invented to prevent any type of furniture cushion filling from moving around and clumping together.
8. Art nouveau: This image has floral stained glass on the windows. After the whole arts and crafts movement Art Nouveau made a comeback with designs completely inspired by nature. One of the main motifs in Art Nouveau was stained glass. Stained glass is glass that is colored by adding metallic oxides while it is in a molten state.
9. Art Deco: In this picture, the sofa is inspired by Art Deco furniture, the rounded corners. During the 1920s and 30s, Art Deco reacted to femininity during the Art Nouveau period and went back to geometric designs. Although many designs were straight-lined furniture would have rounded corners just like the sofa in this picture.
10. Modernism: In this photo, we can see that the chairs have an X-base. The x-base chairs date back to Egypt but made a comeback during the modern period with the MR Chair. Modernism is a philosophical, religious, and art movement that arose from broad transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
1. Egypt: The chairs and coffee table are inspired by the x-base that started in Egypt. When the x-base was first created The arms end in scrolls or animal feet/face designs and continue up to the back support. Some of these x-bases could fold and some couldn’t.
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