Greek designer
Roman designer
The Romans often used the
columns in a decorative and
non-structural manner.
This emphasis on the interior
is reflected not only in the
lavish palaces
Furniture
Furniture was made of wood, marble, bronze, iron,
and precious metals, usually enriched with carving or
relief ornament.
The dining rooms were the most elaborate areas
and contained couches placed around a low central
table.
The couches were covered with cushions and
tapestries embroidered with gold and silver thread
imported from Babylonia or Egypt.
Furniture
Almost all the furniture and woodwork of this
period was in natural-finished oak, although
walnut was used on occasion.
The designs were heavy in their proportions
and rectangular in shape.
The parts were assembled with wooden
dowels, mortise-and- tenon joints and hand-cut
dovetails.
Furniture designs and ornamentation were
borrowed from architectural forms and motifs
PERIOD FURNITURE
The most costly furniture in this Early Colonial period
was usually of solid wood unfinished .
The pine panelling on the walls might be left
unfinished, waxed, or painted.
RECENT HISTORY
The early 20th century was an age of
contradictions, as well as great inventiveness.
The early 20th century also witnessed great
architectural giants and visionaries like Frank
Lloyd Wright, Auguste Perret , Adolf Loos ,
Peter Behrens
and Le Corbusier , Eliel
Saarinen, Alvar Aalto, as well as leaders of the
Bauhaus like Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer
and Mies van der Rohe.
The two primary pioneering industry leaders
at the time that were renown for their innovative
approach to furniture design and manufacture
were Herman Miller and the Knoll company.
BARCELLONA STOOLS