Quiz 1 Flashcards
(123 cards)
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Shape of house:
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Salt-box
JACOBEAN
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Jacobean years
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1650 - 1690
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Stacked Chimney
JACOBEAN
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JACOBEAN
- Large fireplace for warmth
- Whitewashed walls
- Diamond pane windows (difficult to make large panes then)
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JACOBEAN
- Rough beams
- Whitewashed walls
- Few / no windows
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JACOBEAN
Parlor - used to display fine furniture and for special occasions, like receiving guests
Hall - kitchen, work area, dining area, master’s bedroom
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Court Cupboard
JACOBEAN
- Located in the parlor
- Rough carvings
- Held valuables
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Splayed Court Cupboard
JACOBEAN
- Upper cabinets at 45 degree angles
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Press Cupboard
JACOBEAN
- For linens and clothing
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Six Board Chests
JACOBEAN
- Rough
- Little ornamentation
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Six Board Chests
JACOBEAN
- Rough
- Little ornamentation
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Chest
JACOBEAN
- Tripartite division
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Mortise and Tenon
JACOBEAN
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Turner
JACOBEAN
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Sunflower Motif
JACOBEAN
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Tulip Motif
JACOBEAN
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Sunflower Chest
JACOBEAN
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Hadley Chest
JACOBEAN
- Carving all over (not just in panels)
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Wainscot Chair
JACOBEAN
- Throne-like
- For the man of the house
- Big
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Cromwell Chair
JACOBEAN
- Upholstered
- Brass nails
- Turned legs
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Turned chair - Brewster type
JACOBEAN
- Spindles below seat
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Turned chair - Carver type
JACOBEAN
- No spindles below seat
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Trestle Table
JACOBEAN
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Stretcher Table
JACOBEAN
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Butterfly Table
JACOBEAN
- Fold down wings help to conserve space
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Who drew these?
Daniel Marot
- Left France due to Religious persecution
- Influenced William and Mary style
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Catherine of Braganza
- Moves to England due to marriage. Portugal was the 'Port to the Orient' and Catherine brings her love of Oriental furnishings, tea, and her own craftsmen.
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WILLIAM AND MARY
- Finer finishing
- Taller baseboards
- No more rough timber ceilings
- Larger windows
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WILLIAM AND MARY Chair
- Caned back and seat reflect Oriental influence
- Strong verticality reflect Classical influence
- C/S scrolls reflect Baroque influence
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Highboy
WILLIAM AND MARY
- Brass Pulls
- Sometimes Oriental painted decoration
- Skirt with arches & Ogee
- Trumpet legs
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Trumpet leg
WILLIAM AND MARY
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Spanish foot / Paintbrush foot
- Influenced by Chinese foot binding, a sign of beauty
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Ball and Ring Stretcher
WILLIAM AND MARY
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Gateleg table
WILLIAM AND MARY
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Queen Anne dates:
1730 - 1760
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Chiswick House
- Classical influences seen in portico / columns
QUEEN ANNE
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Name these elements:
Mount Pleasant
QUEEN ANNE
- Widow's Walk
- Palladian window
- Portico
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QUEEN ANNE INTERIORS
- Integrating triangular pediments (classical)
- details in moulding
- hidden structures
- spacious rooms
- high ceilings
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Elements of Rococo
- Grace
- Playfulness
- Freedom
- Asymmetry
Reacting against the strict formality of Louis XIV
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American Chippendale dates:
1755-1790
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American Chippendale Influences:
- Oriental
- Rococo
- Gothic
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Name of Thomas Chippendale's Book
The Gentleman and Cabinetmaker's Director
| (A pattern book)
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DIACHRONIC
Spanning across time.
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Queen Anne Influences
- Classical
- Oriental
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Broken Pediment
QUEEN ANNE
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Who made chippendale in America?
Benjamin Randolph
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American Chippendale
- Ears
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AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
- Building on Georgian, however has more detailing
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AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE INTERIOR
- Detailing placed on top
- Lightness
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AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
- “Ears” on crest rails instead of rounded joints.
- Pierced and carved splats – instead of flat, vase-shaped splats.
- Robust ball and claw foot on cabriole leg instead of simple pad or trifid foot.
- Architectural features like pilasters
- New forms of furniture pieces
- Carving (Rococo, gothic, or oriental)
- Three dimensionality
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Philadephia high chest
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
- Rococo cartouche
- Scrolled pediment with carving
- Fluted columns
- Richly carved skirt
- Eagle's foot
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Rococo cartouche / finials
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
- Slightly asymetrical for playfulness
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Kneehole desk
AMERICAN CHIPENDALE
- Boston
- Blocking: alternating concave/convex
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Block Front
Boston style
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
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Fall-front desk
Newport blockfront
- Shells
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
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Ogee Foot
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
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- Serpentine front
- Bombé
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
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Describe this plan
- Oxbow
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
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Hairy-Paw Foot
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New York Claw and ball foot
- no nails
- side talons end straight
- sits back on ball
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Massachusetts Claw and Ball foot
- nails
- webbing
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Philadelphia claw and ball foot
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Rhode Island claw and ball foot
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Boston side chair
- Owl's eyes
- Stretcher
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
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Philadelphia side chair
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
- Vase-shaped splat
- Shell decoration
- Single piece of walnut
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Marlborough leg with fretwork
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
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Chippendale sofa
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
- Marlborough leg
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Tilt-top tea table
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
- Philadelphia
- Pie-crust edge
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Salver
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
- Hold tea on tilt-top tea table
- shell detail
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Kettle stand
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
- Pierced fretwork
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Sideboard table
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
- Marble top
- Rococo carving
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Pembroke Table
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
- in bedroom
- for tea or breakfast
- can be collapsed and moved to the side
- Fluted legs
- Sometimes pierced fretwork
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Card table
AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE
- Needlepoint top
- blocking
- detailing on knee
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AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE INTERIOR
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Federal dates
1790-1815
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Federal Furniture characteristics
- Veneer (no carving)
- Lily of the Valley inlay
- Sunburst effect
- Geometric form / precision
- Air: tapered legs, air, directing eye through veneers
- Oval brass pulls
- Classical, patriotic, geometric, or representational forms
- Sheraton & Hepplewhite designs
- Focus on unifying instead of regional
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Lily of the Valley inlay
FEDERAL
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Tapered leg
FEDERAL
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Federal Veneers
Different colors
- Classical – urns, swags, draped figures
- Patriotic – eagles
- Representational – fruits, flowers, leaves, suns
- Geometric – ovals, circles, etc
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Robert Adams
Neoclassical in England
- Inspired by classical. Design begins in interior instead of exterior.
- Delicate motifs.
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FEDERAL
- Balustrade
- Monumental pilasters
- ‘Greek temple’ entrance
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FEDERAL INTERIOR
- Light, delicate carving (even lighter than Georgian)
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FEDERAL
- Cube
- Stringcourse divides facade
- Ballustrades
- Classically influenced pillars
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FEDERAL PLAN
- Asymetrical plan ventures out and shows value for freedom
- Symmetrical face reflects conformity
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Fanlight
FEDERAL
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FEDERAL
- Cube-like
- Ballustrades
- Temple front
- Swags
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Secretary
FEDERAL
- Play of geometries in both veneer and mullions
- Tambour mid-section Fold-down writing surface
- Oval brass pulls
- The elegant French leg
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Linen Press
FEDERAL
- Juxtaposition of geometries
- Eagles and urns inlay on mahogany veneer
- Stamped oval brass pulls
- The French leg
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French leg
FEDERAL
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Chest of drawers – Bureau
FEDERAL
- Lightness (vertical lines to break up mass, french leg, light color and direction of veneers, skirt excentuates verticality)
- Oval pulls
- Veneer
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Name the designer and back styles
Hepplewhite
- Shield
- Oval
- Heart
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Prince of Wales Feathers
FEDERAL
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Ears of wheat
FEDERAL
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Sheraton back
FEDERAL
- Square back
- Classical motifs
- Raised center
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Sheraton chairs
FEDERAL
- Square back
- Lightness
- raised center
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Sewing table
FEDERAL
- Veneer
- Pouch for sewing materials
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A small molding that is half-round or
beaded in the shape of a torus and used to
cover the joints on the edge of case pieces
or between adjacent doors or windows.
astragal
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Federal sofa
- Air in arm
- Geometric stripe vs. Oval back
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Pembroke table
FEDERAL
- Becomes oval instead of circle
- Taperes legs
- inlay
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Sideboard
FEDERAL
- Air
- Tapered legs
- Directional Veneer
- oval brass pulls
- broken up front
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American Empire dates
1790-1840
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Qualities of American Empire
- Sculptural
- Heavy / Solid
- Power
Carved decorations give way to simple forms with massive scrolls and pillars
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Napoleon's emblem
- Immortality and resurrection
- Military victory
AMERICAN EMPIRE
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Greek Revival
- Used for banks
AMERICAN EMPIRE
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Desk bookcase
AMERICAN EMPIRE
- Flat top with sharply projecting cornice
- Glass doors
- Columns
- Fall-front writing section
- Columns
- Winged lion’s paws
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Philadelphia chair
AMERICAN EMPIRE
Horizontal tablet crest rests on stiles/ Sabre leg
Inspired by the **klismos**
- Sabre leg on front instead of back
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Winged lion paw
AMERICAN EMPIRE
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New York chair
AMERICAN EMPIRE
Turned lip and crest rail is confined between stiles / Turned legs
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American Empire Parlor
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American Empire interior
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Stages of neoclassicism
1st - Federal
2nd - Empire
3rd - Scrolls
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American Empire worktable support styles
Lyre
Balustrade
Dolphins
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Lyre table base
AMERICAN EMPIRE
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Balustrade table base
AMERICAN EMPIRE
(Third stage)
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Cellaret
AMERICAN EMPIRE
- held drinks in dining area
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Pier table
AMERICAN EMPIRE
- Mirror
- Most popular table form
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Sideboard
AMERICAN EMPIRE
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Sleigh beds
AMERICAN EMPIRE
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Bed
AMERICAN EMPIRE
- Caryatid
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Lolling chair
AMERICAN EMPIRE
- flat top
- grounded feeling
- curved legs / scroll feeling
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Sofa
AMERICAN EMPIRE
- Flat top
- Winged lion paw feet
- scroll
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Grecian couch
AMERICAN EMPIRE
- scrolls
- lion paw
- asymmetry
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How was American Empire style made affordable for the masses?
- Stenciling instead of carving
- rush seats instead of upholstery
- turned legs instead of carved
