INTERIOR DESIGN-VIII

History of Furniture Design

PRESENTED BY :
Ar. Sakshi Joshi
Timeline of Furniture design
 Ancient Egypt
• For royalty only. • Connection with the beauty
• Heavy rigid wood. of natural world.
• Functional and practical.
• Use of Animal motifs.
• Carved legs.
 Ancient Greek
• Simple elegant forms. • Practical use thus avoids
• Subtle decorations. discomfort.
• Practical use and comfort. • Based on the human
• Leaf borders and scroll anthropometry.
motifs.
• Development of stools
 Medieval
• Sturdy forms.
• Mainly square and rectilinear forms.
• Ornate wood carvings.
• Simple geometric arrangements.
 Renaissance
• Inspired by Geco-Roman civilizations.
• Incorporated floral or vegetative motifs.
• Heavy ornamentation in the hands and feet of the chairs.
Colonial
• Sturdy
• Heavily carved
• Turned legs and bun feet.
• Made of straight oak members joined at right angles.
 Rococo
• Majorly in Western Europe.
• A lot of empires effected the overall design.
• Highly finished , sophisticated designs.
• Curvaceous forms.
• Elaborate hands and legs
 Art Nouvou
• New art
• Use of geometrical forms
• Strong use of curved lines
• Natural motifs and ornamentation.
Bauhaus Art Deco
• Use of glass and steel • Represented art, elegance
• Simple forms without and glamour.
decorative addition. • Decorative and fashion
• Use of solid colours. oriented.
• Rich colours and bold
geometric shapes.
• Importance of symmetry.
Modern
• Used newly developed materials.
• Used of carved wood , laminated plastics, fiberglass etc.
• The forms used during this time represented the integration of old and
new.
• Blends technology and art.
• The furniture characterizes unpredictability and controlled chaos.