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ANTIQUE PERIODS & STYLES

DATES

BRITISH PERIOD

BRITISH MONARCH

FRENCH PERIOD

1558-1603

Elizabethan

Elizabeth 1

Renaissance

1603-1625

Jacobean

James 1

Louis X111(1610-1643)

1625-1649

Carolean

Charles 1

Louis X1V (1643-1715)

1649-1660

Cromwellian

Commonwealth

Regence (1715-1723)

1660-1685 Restoration Charles 11 Louis XV (1723-1774)

1685-1689

Restoration

James 11

Louis XV1 (1774-1793)

1689-1694

William & Mary

William & Mary

Directorie (1793-1799)

1694-1702

William 111

William 111

Empire (1799-1815)

1702-1714

Queen Anne

Anne

Restauration (1815-1830)

1714-1727

Early Georgian

George 1

Louis Philippe (1830-1848)

1727-1760

Early Georgian

George 11

2nd Empire (1848-1870)

1760-1811

Late Georgian

George 111

3rd republic (1871-1940)

1812-1820

Regency

George 111

 

1820-1830

Regency

George 1V

 

1830-1837

William 1V

William 1V

 

1837-1901

Victorian

Victoria

 

1901-1910

Edwardian

Edward V11

 

1910-1936

 

George V

 

1936

 

Edward V111

 

1936-1952

 

George V1

 

1952-

 

Elizabeth 11

 

September 30, 2005

Buying Antique Furniture

A Guide to Buying Antique Furniture
by Edward Reily-Collins

In the thirty years I have been in the antiques trade there has never been a better time to buy antiques than now. Since the dreadful days of 9-11, when the Americans stopped coming over to England, coinciding with the great modern trend for minimalism, the antique market has been in the doldrums. However recently people have begun to wake up to the fact that there is actually very little in the way of quality or style in the modern furniture being wholesaled through national shopping outlets. This mass produced furniture will not last more than 10 years through daily use, and the young 30 something’s who used to buy large quantities of antiques but switched to modern styles, have woken up to the fact that there is no individualism in furnishing your house as tens of thousands others do. I was talking to a prospective client recently

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