Fine Furniture A timeline in woods
Louis XIV r. 1643 – 1715
William Kent c. 1685 - 1748 The central architect of the revived
Queen Anne r. 1703 - 1714
Palladian style in England, including classical interiors.
Battle of Blenheim 1704 Turning point of the War of the
Josiah Wedgwood 1730 – 1795
Spanish Succession
The industrialization of the manufacture
George I r. 1714 - 1727 John Harrison, 1693-1776, invented the portable clock, which enabled the navigation that was so crucial to world trading. Louis XV r. 1715 – 1775 Regence (1715 – 1723) George II r. 1727-60 Bach’s St. Matthew Passion 1727
of pottery Thomas Chippendale 1718-1789 The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director 1754 George Hepplewhite 1727-1786 The Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer’s Guide (1788, revised 1789) Thomas Sheraton 1751–1806 The Cabinetmakers and Upholsterer’s Drawing-Book (issued in parts 1791-4)
William Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress
1732
George III r. 1760-1820
Handel’s Messiah 1741
Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones 1749