UCLA_Ex_History_II_Final

Question 1

Answer 1

c. 1745-50. Oak and walnut veneered with bois satiné; gilt-bronze mounts; marble top. The Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

French Rococo

more regency not an s scroll, has fat knees but is sprouting legs and has little slippers as feet. shows grain of wood. has key hole

key hole. monkey is stealing tabaco. geometric patter. more about the beauty and grain of wood.

show grains. inf on art nuevo. cross cuts of woods and then invert them. flame cut? would have 3-4 different tops to match color scheme of parties. would be pushed against wall. used for storage.

lacquer becomes very important in the decoration of furniture. made from tree sap, or crushed up bugs, bug poop, lac- means lactation. really bug juice. milk of tree. weather effects lacquer. chimouserie (made to look asian) or cut panels/screens brought over from china.

Question 2

Answer 2

Gilles Joubert (1689-1775, French), bureau plat.

French Rococo

Question 3

Answer 3

Jean Avisse, (1723-c.1796, French), fauteuil.

French Rococo

c. 1750-55. Gilded beechwood and modern silk upholstery. The Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

jacquard fabric, usually all one color guilded wood, did not do a lot of gilded wood

fauteuil= arms open

bergere= arms filled in

Question 4

Answer 4

French Rococo, touile de jouy

Question 5

Answer 5

Charles Voison, chantily porcelin manufactor,

French Rococo

Question 6

Answer 6

Martin Carlin (c. 1730-1785, German/French) and plaques by Jean-Baptiste-Emmanuel Vandé

French Neoclassical (plaques, straight legs)

corners are rounded off. louis xvi was clumsy.

gallery edge so that you wouldn’t bump your tea cup off. tea was very expensive as was the serv porcelain. way of saying you could afford those things.

porcelain plaques were popular. they would even pull out boulle marquetry and replace it with the porcelain plaques. even if they didn’t fit. everything would be stamped by all the different guilds. they wanted credit and also a way to tax.

Question 7

Answer 7

French Neo classical

Question 8

Answer 8

English Reniassance

Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, England

medival looking,

Question 9

Answer 9

English Reniassance

Great Bed of Ware

Question 10

Answer 10

English Renaissance (symmetry)

Inigio Jones, Queens House,

Question 11

Answer 11

English Renasiance

Wainscot chair.

the front legs having been shaped on a lathe,

the back legs being square-sectioned,

having arm supports,

lacking an upholstered seat,

a carved wooden back in a relatively complex design

Question 12

Answer 12

English Baroque

Sir Christopher Wren,

St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Question 13

Answer 13

English Baroque (neo-classical pumped up)

John Vanbrugh (1664-1726, British) and Nicholas Hawksmoor (c. 1661-1726, British),

Blenheim Palace.

Oxfordshire, England.

Question 14

Answer 14

English Baroque

Charles II chair (other names: Carolean chair, Restoration chair)

Question 15

Answer 15

English Baroque

Gate-leg table.

Question 16

Answer 16

English Baroque

Cabinet on stand.

1688. Cabinet of pine and oak, with japanned decoration. Stand of silvered pinewood, with

yellow glaze of gum resin. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Question 17

Answer 17

William and Mary chairs

higher back then the Charles II chair, legs lighten up, embroidery on back

Question 18

Answer 18

Georgian

Richard Boyle (Lord Burlington) (1694-1753, British),

Chiswick House.

1725-29. Chiswick, England.

Question 19

Answer 19

Georgian

Kent, Chiswick House, Red Room.

Question 20

Answer 20

Georgian

Chippendale chair

Question 21

Answer 21

Georgian

Robert Adam (1728-92, Scottish), Osterley Park House, Etruscan Room.

1761. Middlesex, England.

Question 22

Answer 22

Georgian

Wedgwood vase.

1790-1800. Jasperware

Question 23

Answer 23

Pilgram

• *Iron Works House.
  c. 1680. Saugus, Massachusetts.**

Question 24

Answer 24

Pilgram

Brewster chair.
c. 1640-80.

Question 25

Answer 25

**Pilgram** Turkey-work couch. c. 1698. Maple and oak. Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts.

Question 26

Answer 26

American Georgian MacPhaedris-Warner House. 1718-23. Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Question 27

Answer 27

American Georgian Highboy. c. 1700-1725.

Question 28

Answer 28

**American Federal** ``` Samuel McIntire (1757-1811, American), Gardner-Pingree House. 1810. Salem, Massachusetts. ```

Question 29

Answer 29

**American Federal** **Sheraton-style chairs**, after Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806, British)

Question 30

Answer 30

**American Federal** **Hepplewhite-style chairs**, after George Hepplewhite (? – 1786, British)

Question 31

Name one of the French porcelain factories. What period used porcelain plaques in furniture? (Be careful here—they were primarily used in the Neoclassical period.)

Answer 31

Serve and chantil and vencine

Question 32

What part did the guild (union) system play in French furniture making?

Answer 32

one person who carved carcus, one person for gilt bronze mounts, one to dip, etc each craftsman was extremely skilled

Question 33

What effect did Henry VIII’s shutting down of the monasteries have on furniture making in England?

Answer 33

houses have personal libraries. craftsman had left so the medievel furniture carried on because there wasn’t craftsmen left. Wealthy people now had these

Question 34

What would you find on the walls of English Renaissance interiors?

Answer 34

tapersteries

Question 35

How would you describe the difference in shapes between English Renaissance and English Baroque furniture?

Answer 35

medievel vs. more carved and upholstered

Question 36

How would you describe a Queen Anne chair? What type of legs are used?

Answer 36

soft shoulders, pad foot. rococo legs

Question 37

How would you describe a Chippendale chair? What type of legs are used?

Answer 37

carved splate and mustache, all types of legs, ball and claw

Question 38

Who was Robert Adam? How would you describe his style?

Answer 38

studied Pompeii style and classicism brought it back to England. ## Footnote

Question 39

What is the difference between an American Georgian home and an American Federalist home?

Answer 39

Portico and fanlight ## Footnote

Question 40

How would the interior of an American Georgian/Federalist home be decorated?

Question 41

How were the English furniture styles communicated to the American colonies? Who are the three English furniture makers who are identified with this method? Chippendale, Shereton and Hepeonwhite

Question 42

Discuss **English Renaissance** interior design and furniture. What materials are found on the walls? What materials are used in the construction of furniture? What are the shapes? Who or what are the influences? Be able to name and describe two pieces of English Renaissance furniture (for example, a farthingale chair).

Answer 42

**_on walls_** **_materials used_** oak **_shapes_** medievel, heavy, square **_who/what influence_** Henry VIII, church of england, catholic craftsmen leaving, monasteries taken over, libraries being in private homes **_name/discuss two pieces of furniture_** Farthingale Wainscot chair

Question 43

Discuss **English Baroque** interior design and furniture. What materials are found on the walls? What materials are used in the construction of furniture? What are the shapes? Who or what are the influences? Be able to name and describe two pieces of English Baroque furniture (for example, a Carolean chair).

Answer 43

**_on walls_** **_materials used_** oak (charles II and James II) to the age of walnut (William and Mary) **_shapes_** becomes more elaboarate and legs are more curvy. **_who/what influence_** more about being grandious then about a return to religion, great london fire, paladium arch, greek and roman influence **_name/discuss two pieces of furniture_** charles II william and mary chair- higher back ***queen anne chair***- soft sholders, solid splate, fat knee, shell at knee and crest, stability and domestisty

Question 44

Discuss **English Georgian** interior design and furniture. What materials are found on the walls? What materials are used in the construction of furniture? What are the shapes? Who or what are the influences? Be able to name and describe two pieces of English Georgian furniture (for example, an Adam chair).

Answer 44

on walls **_materials used_** This is the Age of Mahogany **_shapes_** heavy legs, **_who/what influence_** **_name/discuss two pieces of furniture_** queen anne chair