The decorative periods . from the Dutch styles and introduced French andChinese details. Sir William Chambers publisheda book on Chinese style which, with Chippendaleswork, created a rage for Chinese decorations. TheLouis XV Period, then in vogue in France, wasliberally adopted in England in conjunction withthe Chinese, and later, Robert Adam was appointedarchitect to George III and introduced a type ofdesign which was influenced by Italian educationand a study of the restoration of Herculaneumand Pompeii. Sheraton and Hepplewhite in theirfurniture showed a similar influence, and, contem-poran
The decorative periods . from the Dutch styles and introduced French andChinese details. Sir William Chambers publisheda book on Chinese style which, with Chippendaleswork, created a rage for Chinese decorations. TheLouis XV Period, then in vogue in France, wasliberally adopted in England in conjunction withthe Chinese, and later, Robert Adam was appointedarchitect to George III and introduced a type ofdesign which was influenced by Italian educationand a study of the restoration of Herculaneumand Pompeii. Sheraton and Hepplewhite in theirfurniture showed a similar influence, and, contem-poraneouslyin France,David, af-fected bythisinfluence,was develop-ing the Direc-toire, theTransition,and finallythe Empirestyle. Sothat in 1800in Americathe Empirestyle, contem-poraneouswith Presi-dent Jeffer-sons regime, directlyaffected theEnglish and /imerican chippendale influenced by Frenchtastes, and feeling. The Decorative Periods wherever this form appeared in the United States it was giventhe term Late Colonial, a misnomer, for the States were no longerColonies. Here, then, we have the historical epitome which may bedivided into four divisions—from Elizabeth to Oueen Anne, iGooto 1700, showing Elizabethan, Jacobean and Cromwellian influ-ences; from Oueen Anne to George III, 1700 to 1760, showingthe Dutch influence ; the George III Period, 1760 to 1800, show-ing the Classic revival and the introduction of the Erench andChinese character in design, and the concluding years of GeorgeIII to 1820, showing that type known as the English ICmpire. It is difficult to imagine anything more charming than theold rush-bottom, tufted-back wing chairs of the SeventeenthCentury. The larger cities and towns of this country werewell equipped with cabinet-makers at the time more famous thaneven Chippendale, who, until the appearance of his books, seemsto have been little known. In fact, his biograp
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