Furniture Designers in the 19th Century
Design and development of furniture for centuries has remained stable and predictable. Is strongly influenced by the availability of materials and changes in the era of fashion. Armoire clothes are designed for the bumper, but later became a closet for clothes. Presidents who lost his arms to accommodate a wide skirt, and becomes smooth and easy to fit into rooms with a modern ladies.To quote William Cowper: Necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested chairs elbow, and luxury Sofa accomplish'd past. 18th century were dominated by cabinet even as Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton, and its craftsmanship and design are loved and admired today. However, more change is on the horizon in the latter part of the 19th century, with arts and crafts movement as it became known that the craft traditions with technology integrated mass production aimed at maintaining weight markets.Thomas Hope (1769 -1831) Hope was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and is descended from a Scottish family of successful merchants in London. At age 18 he started a tour of Europe, Asia and Africa, which affected its artistic design. His furniture style is the "English Empire" which was defined by extravagant and difficult projects, and became an exhibition of decorative arts style of Regency. Like his predecessors before him, published a book project in 1807 called Furniture and interior decoration. William Morris (1834-1896) Morris is a name well known today for his legacy of poetry writing and textiles. We introduce a heavy floral design for the conference rooms, glass, paper, textiles and furniture. Associated with Arts and Crafts movement at that time, his company and decorative arts produced "green receipt, which is exhibited today at the Victoria and Albert Museum.Gustav Stickley (1858-1942) began working life as Stickley a furniture manufacturer and the Arc. He is an active member of the American art movement like the British Arts and Crafts. The design of houses are innovative, with plans to open libraries equipped banks and large windows light natural. He created his own style of furniture in Oak Mission Style, "which was made from American oak. He made a useful and simple furnishings. Unfortunately, the popularity of its design and being declared bankrupt. perversely their styles are in fashion with a simple mission style furniture comes high prices at auction today.Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) Charles Rennie Mackintosh is another name well known in design today. It is primarily an architect and a great indicator of Art Nouveau, but his progressive ideas was spilled in his furniture design. Together with his wife, Mackintosh had a major impact on the changing styles of art and crafts movement of radical mass-produced Art Nouveau style of the late 1800s and early