Antique Furniture

The most common types of furniture from this period are:

• chairs
• stools
• forms
• settees
• love seats
• day beds
• bedsteads
• mirrors
• tables
• foot stools
• chests
• cupboards
• cabinets
• buffets
• dressers
  
• sideboards

The early part of the Jacobean period is a wide diversity in the contours and turnings of pieces because the native English traditions were beginning their mingle with continental influences.

Overall, though, the furniture of this period was bulky and, in spite of the heavy ornamentation, almost severe in form. All the different sorts of cupboards and dressers, and even the bedsteads, were low. The ceilings of the period were also quite low, so seeing pictures of the furniture in context can be deceiving.

As the period wears on, through the reign of Cromwell, some of the pieces become longer, and the occurence of dutch "bun" or ball feet became more prevalent.


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