Straight edges are popular in decor these days, while curves are lauded as naturalistic and innovative. However, the curvy Queen Anne style of furniture design has been around since the dawn of the 1700s. Let this video get you started on the best features of the Queen Anne style.
As you can see, the Queen Anne style allows the furniture’s beautiful woodgrain to show as easily as straight-edged Mission furniture. Besides the foot, a defining feature of the cabriole leg is being curved in two places: outward near the top, and inward near the foot.
In addition to using cabriole legs, Queen Anne furniture has other curvy design elements to help you build a timeless room…
It’s more gracious than it sounds. A Queen Anne chair splat is a single ornately shaped vertical support in the center of a chair back, also known as a fiddle or vase shaped back.
The Queen Anne style developed as part of rococo style in the 1700s. Rococo design was known for pulling out all the stops in ornate carving, mixed colors, and gilding.
While our table in the video is not full of individual carvings, what curves it has make it look unusually rich. Of course, some Queen Anne pieces are so ornate, you may wonder what is the point of it all?
Sometimes, that is the point.
Queen Anne is the most famous traditional style of furniture, so in the modern day, we often use “Queen Anne” to name furniture bearing elements of other styles from the same time period. Thus, looking for Queen Anne furniture can let you see a range of opulent styles that could be closer to what you need.
Being a glider, the following piece mixes modern function with Queen Anne curves.
To browse more Queen Anne furniture in our store, simply find Shop By Style on our home page. The variety of available styles includes Traditional Furniture. Here you will find pieces in the Queen Anne and similar styles.
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