History of furniture. The bulk of American furniture is influenced by 18th century designs which are primarily British and French with some Italian influences. I think there are probably six or seven major...
I think there are probably six or seven major themes today. One of them is obviously traditional. You can buy traditional in a variety of forms. Formally traditional, is represented by cherry, mahogany, 18th century English reproduction. Then, you have the style element of what I want to call European or French influences which is going to be country French, then styles influenced by the Kings of France.
You know prior to the 17th century, lords and kings and the super rich only had furniture. Every body else sort of just had a table and a chair. You were lucky if you had that. What occurred is that when the English started their Industrial Revolution and people started to take products, people starting buying these products. Every piece of furniture was basically built as a custom piece and you would go to this man who had a catalogue of items.
