Furniture Timeline

Always wanted to know more about antique furniture history or where your specific piece was originally made? I have set up this furniture timeline for a quick overview on antiques and there origin.

Click the desired style for more information and illustrations.

Date British Monarch British Period French Period German Period U.S.
Period		 Style Wood
1558-1603 Elizabeth I Elizabethan Renaissance     Gothic Oak period
1603-1625 James I Jacobean
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 Renaissance  
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1625-1649 Charles I Carolean Louis XIII
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 Early Colonial Baroque
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1649-1660 Commonwealth Cromwellian Louis XIV Renaissance/
Baroque
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1660-1685 Charles II Restoration
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 Walnut period
1685-1689 James II
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1689-1694 William & Mary William & Mary
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 William & Mary Rococo
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1694-1702 William III William III
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 Baroque Dutch Colonial
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1702-1714 Anne Queen Anne
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 Queen Anne
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 Early mahogany period
1714-1727 George I Early Georgian Régence Rococo
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1727-1760 George II
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 Louis XV Neo-classicism Chippendale Neo-classical Late mahogany period
1760-1811 George III Late Georgian Louis XVI
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 Early Federal
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 Directoire
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 Empire American Directoire Empire
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 Empire
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 American Empire
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1812-1820
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 Regency Restauration Charles X Biedermeier Late Federal Regency
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1820-1830 George IV
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1830-1837 William IV William IV Louis Philippe Revival
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 Eclectic
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1837-1901 Victoria Victorian 2nd Empire Napoleon III
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 Victorian Arts & Crafts
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1901-1910 Edward VII Edwardian 3rd Republic Jugendstil Art Nouveau Art Nouveau
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Click the desired style for more information and illustrations.

Date British Monarch British Period French Period German Period U.S.
Period		 Style Wood
1558-1603 Elizabeth I Elizabethan Renaissance     Gothic Oak period
1603-1625 James I Jacobean
↓
 Renaissance  
↓
↓
1625-1649 Charles I Carolean Louis XIII
↓
 Early Colonial Baroque
↓
1649-1660 Commonwealth Cromwellian Louis XIV Renaissance/
Baroque
↓
↓
↓
1660-1685 Charles II Restoration
↓
↓
↓
↓
 Walnut period
1685-1689 James II
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
1689-1694 William & Mary William & Mary
↓
↓
 William & Mary Rococo
↓
1694-1702 William III William III
↓
 Baroque Dutch Colonial
↓
↓
1702-1714 Anne Queen Anne
↓
↓
 Queen Anne
↓
 Early mahogany period
1714-1727 George I Early Georgian Régence Rococo
↓
↓
↓
1727-1760 George II
↓
 Louis XV Neo-classicism Chippendale Neo-classical Late mahogany period
1760-1811 George III Late Georgian Louis XVI
↓
 Early Federal
↓
↓
 
↓
↓
 Directoire
↓
↓
↓
↓
 
↓
↓
↓
 Empire American Directoire Empire
↓
 
↓
↓
 Empire
↓
 American Empire
↓
↓
1812-1820
↓
 Regency Restauration Charles X Biedermeier Late Federal Regency
↓
1820-1830 George IV
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
1830-1837 William IV William IV Louis Philippe Revival
↓
 Eclectic
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1837-1901 Victoria Victorian 2nd Empire Napoleon III
↓
 Victorian Arts & Crafts
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1901-1910 Edward VII Edwardian 3rd Republic Jugendstil Art Nouveau Art Nouveau
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