Rococo Revival Furniture in the Nineteenth Century
Identify nineteenth-century Rococo Revival furniture through carving, construction, upholstery and manufacturing evidence, while separating revival pieces from eighteenth-century Rococo.
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Antique History & Styles
68 published guides on repair, care and the stories behind well-made things.
Campaign Furniture: Made for Travel
Campaign furniture was designed to pack, fold or dismantle for military, colonial and civilian travel.
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The Windsor Chair: Construction and Global Reach
Identify Windsor chairs through socketed construction, regional forms, woods, turning and marks while distinguishing period chairs from revivals and reproductions.
Read guideThe History of the Sideboard
Follow the sideboard from serving table to Georgian dining-room system and Victorian storage, with identification guidance on pedestals, cellarets and later alterations.
Read guideThe Grand Tour and the Antique Interior
Explore how the Grand Tour shaped British interiors through antiquities, casts, paintings and Neoclassical furniture, with guidance on provenance and later souvenirs.
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Empire Style: Furniture and Power
Identify French Empire furniture through Napoleonic symbolism, classical and Egyptian sources, mahogany, mounts and construction while recognising later revivals.
Read guideWardrobes, Clothes Presses and Armoires: History and Identification
Distinguish wardrobes, linen presses, clothes presses and armoires through original function, trays, hanging fittings, construction, regional form and alterations.
Read guideThe Age of Mahogany in Georgian Furniture
Understand Georgian mahogany through Atlantic trade, species, veneers, construction and identification, including the limits of colour-based dating and modern legal concerns.
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Boulle Work: Brass, Tortoiseshell and Marquetry
Understand Boulle marquetry, première- and contre-partie, historic materials, construction, attribution, restoration risks and later revival furniture.
Read guideColonial Furniture: Why the Term Needs Care
Use the term colonial furniture responsibly by identifying place, people, date and power context, with guidance on materials, hybrid construction, provenance and attribution.
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Gothic Revival Furniture in Context
Explore Gothic Revival furniture from antiquarian taste and Pugin to Victorian interiors, with practical guidance on construction, dating, attribution and conservation.
Read guideBritish Cabinetmaking: History, Construction, Makers and Identification
Trace British cabinetmaking from joined oak and Georgian workshops to Victorian industry, with practical evidence for construction, attribution and dating.
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