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MOST SIGNIFICANT FACTORS IN HISTORY OF INTERIOR DESIGN

 Social
 Political
 Artistics/Aesthetics
 Technological

EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE-noble proportions and sophisticated wall decorations 14 th to 17th

 Contrasting white or pale-blonde
 Grey stone mouldings
 Antique motifs in furniture/ pediments- this decorative element paved the way to the
classical movement in the U.S and the rest of Europe
 Tapestries & Turkish rugs- walls & ceiling
 Carved and inlayed furniture pieces
 Tables of monumental proportions - colored inlaid marbles
 Large beds with grandiose hangings
 Renaissance-style panelling adorned walls
 Decorative elements and pieces of furniture were eclectic-maintaining the off-white and
bleached wall finish
 Sophisticated staircase step design and open wall variety
*Materials and Finishes
-Solid wood to be painted off-white for doors and furnitures
-Marble slab for flooring and furniture inlays
-Stucco cement finish for walls in non-polish or matte finish
-Wall paneling are made of solid wood painted off white or bleached
-decorative beams are in oak shade in matte finish
-Accent wall are made of solid wood planks varnished in mahogany or wall nut with high gloss
finish with inlay and carving designs

DAWN OF BAROQUE
 Frescoes for walls and ceilings
 Elaborately moulded ornamental stucco work on walls with gold painted frames and inlays
 Marble and solid planks for floors
 Wall have either wallpaper prints or fresco painting
 Furnishings are also used as decorative element
 Solid wood planks for flooring, sometimes laid out as parquet in Larger cuts, on herringbone
pattern
 Elaborately moulded ornamental stucco work on walls woth gold paintes frames and inlays
and printed it.
*Materials and Finishes
-Ivory & exotic wood inlays, in various colours then varnished over
-Silk fabrics are used for draperies
-Rug and Carpets for tapestries on walls
-Thin wood mouldings on lower panellings, painted with gold dust

EARLY AMERICAN PERIOD

 Had the influences of Baroque and Renaissance
 Platered & whitewashed interior walls on chimney
 Copper plate engravings on wall decors as well in the furniture piece
 Leather use started to dominate, to take the place of rug tapestries especially in eating
areas, because it absorbs the--
 The old Baroque furnitures were in-laid with silver and are more comfortable, delicate and
fashionable with the use of upholstery
 Wall panellings continued to be very popular
 Low beamed ceilings continued to be a design statement but with whitewash, stucco recess
 Wall & ceiling paintings are more dominant, while wallpapers have more oriental motif.
*Materials & Finishes
-Silver inlays on wooden furnitures
-Wallnut became the favoured wood of choice, finished in hig gloss lacquer
-Cheaper fabrics use for draperies which can be drawn up or sideways to control more light and
warmth when needed