Sheraton furniture.
Sheraton furniture is straight, simple, strong, but well-proportioned geometric shapes and elegance looked.
Thomas Sheraton together with Thomas Chippendale and George Hepplewhite were the "great tree furniture maker" in history of England furniture. He lived in the 1751 to 1820, his furniture was highlighting the furniture industry in the end 18th until the early 19th century. As the last
man he's lot learned from his predecessor, Chippendale and
Hepplewhite. Sheraton furniture also much influenced and inspired by Louis XVI and
Robert
Adam.
He decorated his furniture with carving, inlay or hand painted although
keep simple, straight and light. His carving
is simpler especially if compared with the Chippendale furniture. The common motif used are: lyres, ribbon, urns and flowers.
The Sheraton furniture most made of mahogany wood, although some other wood such as: beech and satin wood are also used. The contrast wood such as: tulip, birch, maple and rosewood are used as marquetry and inlay decorative. While some other are decorated with dye or hand painted.
The Sheraton furniture most made of mahogany wood, although some other wood such as: beech and satin wood are also used. The contrast wood such as: tulip, birch, maple and rosewood are used as marquetry and inlay decorative. While some other are decorated with dye or hand painted.
Sheraton chair
Sheraton sofa
Sheraton desk
The reproduction of the Sheraton furniture is still made and marketed until today.
The Sheraton style furniture with some modifications are still available in some furniture store. His book "Cabinet Maker's & Upholsterer's Drawing Book"
and " The Cabinet Dictionary" are still used as reference by many furniture designer.
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