From Furniture Footnotes: History of Furniture: Duncan Phyfe.
Georgian Index – Thomas Hope.
From Furniture Footnotes: History of Furniture: Duncan Phyfe.
Georgian Index – Thomas Hope.
Information, plans and designs for making a 1:144 scale Georgian style four-poster bed. Includes necessary details on supplies and tools, fabrics, cutting and measuring and assembly.
The Jefferson Middle School’s page on Roman life and history including sections on
An article on the history of Tudor home design, interior and exterior.
Southampton Solent University pages on Decorative and applied arts:images and furniture styles.
The Garden Web Home Decorating Forum, a discussion on plantation and colonial decorating in the West Indies.
The Alice Vail Middle School’s page on Elizabethan Society.
Includes sections of links on housing and furniture, fashion, literature and more.
Also a page of links on William Shakespeare and Elizabethan England.
And a Big Pond user’s links page.
Links to resources on the Delphi archaeological site, ancient Greek houses, education in ancient Greece, and theatre history, from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, – Delphi & Greek Houses.
The Family Consumer Science Interior Design page from Waxahachie Independent High School in Texas. http://www.hs.wisd.org/LIBRARY/family_consumer_science.htm.
Futon Life’s primer for retailers and sales assistants on the history of furniture.
St Louis Community College page on specialized sources for interior design and furniture research – http://www.stlcc.edu/lsdocs/intdes.html.
Plus a discussion on A History of Interior Design.
Links for various design eras including Art Deco, Victorian, 60′s design, Bauhaus, Arts and crafts, French Provincial, Art Nouveau, Edwardian, 70′s design.
Details of an extension table with pedestal bases that are copies of Georgian English tables from the 18th century, possibly in the style of Duncan Phyfe. Made from veneered mahogany on the table tops and chair splats while the pedestals and chair frames are made of gum which is stained to look like mahogany.
From http://www.mayhill-publications.com/dcforum/DCForumID12/71.html.
A K12 teacher’s page on furniture styles at Bloomington Public Schools.
Includes links to general sites about furniture history as well as some specific pages on Arts and Crafts, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Art Deco, and French furniture. At http://fcweb.bloomington.k12.mn.us/~cvanblar/furniturestyles.
Description and information on ancient Pompeii houses including floor plans, interior and walls and floors, and finally furniture. Includes some of the best links to existing resources on ancient Pompeiian houses.