BAROQUE

Baroque 1600-1700
1602Dutch East India Company in Java 1620.Pilgrim fathers land in America 1630..Paul Vredeman de Vries issues two volumes of furniture design 1640Portugal no longer amalgamated with Spain 1642English Civil War and Commonwealth till 1649 1643Louis XIII diesFrance under Cardinal Mazarintill 1661 . 1661.France under Lois XIV 1660.Charles II and the restorationrevolution in English taste 1662..Charles marries Cathaerine of Braganza.trade with Goa 1663Great fire of London 1682Versailles the residence of the King The first weaving mill 1685Edict of Nantes revokedProtestants flee to the Low countries and England. Trade with China starts. 1688..William II of Holland and Mary rule England

Baroque..The term refers to anything overdone.

Drama Expression of Grandeur and luxury expressed in sculpture ,architecture,art and furniture. Baroque style is a lavish style. Formal Furniture basically for staterooms INFLUENCES Power and Nationalism Trade with other Countries Influx of Craftsman from other countries Expansion

Baroque FurnIture

State furniture and simple domestic furniture Furniture was designed as an integral part of the interior. Interiors were integrated ,designed based on a concept allegory being the popular metaphor. Furniture was designed for specific rooms as wellas specific positions Palaces had Grand salons that required larger scale furniture to impress and intimate/private rooms that had smaller scale furniture. First furniture retained architectural proportions and then new materials and techniques .tortoise shell,ivory, mother of pearl,ebony,rosewood,lacquer from Far East ,cane from India,..etc., Key pieces.Console Cabinet Chairs

Elements

Marquetry

Japanning

Gesso

Drop ring handles

Tapestry

Pietra Dura

Pietra Dura in a table in England

arabesque

Andrea Brustolon

Andre Charles Boulle

Commode

Louis IV .chairs

Canape

Scriptor and bureau

Bureau bookcase

contador

commode

armoire

Upholstered wing chair

Scrolled and foliate carving on dat bed