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i**>w Traditional Furniture Styles Hb question about it - ■ designing a room is hard work. Selecting colon, ' fahdcs gad furniture that work together to create a comfortable, beautiful en vironment requires an ore for design that's difficult to acquire. v Ydu can, however, learn to identify the styles of furniture that best suit “your personal decorating' nee* By paying careful attention to details you’ll _ be able to choose pieces that complement your hbme and each other, ac corangto Tom Burak, fashion director at Penn sylvania House, makers of floe quality furniture. > *■" ■ "Although trends in e furnishings tend to „ ■ from year to year, furniture ftmifw remain popular and versa tile choices," says Burak. /‘Whethep it's Colonial. Queen Anne or Chippen dale, there is a variety of furniture styles available today in a wide range of prices; many inspired by priceless originals but re- - fined to suit today’s active iifesUes.” Burak offers several suggestions to help the furniture shopper iden tity these popular styles. "Moft furniture styles are characterized hiyA par ticular silhouette, shape or proportion/:’ he says. “Long tapping togs, a square bide or gently curving arms and decora tive carved motifs like U Shells, acanthus leave*, or ribbons all offer dues to identifying each style or period." An understanding Of the basic history of furniture is also bdpful, ’ notes Burak ‘Tor example, during the early Colonial period, /&&& rican furniture design was utilitarian with few fhnd ful elements. Painted de signs, usually on native ■/, p*h^ were the only sign of decoration* makers brought more ela borate designs from En gland to the New World," Burak continues. "Decorative dements such as lyres, pineapples and lion claws were com bined with curved lines to achieve massive proper done. The logs frequently curved outward, anas chairs swept downward la a graceful curve.'* faces were kept simple. Veneering end lacquers weft used to add detail to the sophisticated destgrfc^ Hie-furniture of Queen1 Anne’s, time reflect a re finement in grace and com- • fort. “To provide comfort, chairbecks were shaped to contour to the body. The upholstered wing chair made its debut dorli^ this sylvania House’s most popular styles today,” es plates Burak. Thomas Chippendale's stlye offers-richly carved surfaces with gracefully proportioned curves, ac cording to Burak. **1116 claw-and-ball foot, used with cabriole legs, is one of the most characteristic motifs. “Acanthus leaves, knotted ribbons and ela borate fretwork are bor rowed from. the Oriental, Gothic and Queen Anne styles and incorporated into distinctive, easily identified designs.” Pennsylvania House’s Philadelphia Highboy is In spired by an original Chip pendale design, Burak adds. Masters of cabinetmak ing and inlay, Thomas Sheraton and George Hepplewhite followed classic lines to create re strained, dignified pieces. •f “Perpendicular lines and graceful sweeping curves were characteristic,” says Burak. “Oval shapes, lyres and latticework were used with delicately turned legs and careful in lays and veneers. Adap tations of antique Shera ton and Hepplewhite pieces are scaled down to suit today’s smaller spac es in Pennsylvania House’s new 18th Century Cherry Collection. FIND IT FAST IN THE POST Oassified Ads Call 376-0496 ■ I ■ - • I QUEEN SIZE I I El EEDCD I 2-PC. EARLY AMERICAN LIVING ROOM SET Includes a Sofa and Loveaeat s-vs *699 White ‘vt’ Brassy Daybed
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