Furniture styles from Baroque to Functionalism
Recognise a Gustavian chair, an Empire chest of drawers and a Functionalist armchair.
The history of furniture style by style: what characterises each style, which materials and forms it used and how to date a piece.
Read the page at each step, then do the short exercise: three questions. Two right answers complete the step. You can repeat the exercise as often as you like.
The steps
- Step 1: Furniture
- Step 2: Baroque
- Step 3: Rococo
- Step 4: Gustavian
- Step 5: Empire and Karl Johan
- Step 6: Biedermeier
- Step 7: Folk art
- Step 8: Historicism
- Step 9: Arts and Crafts
- Step 10: Art Nouveau
- Step 11: Art Deco
- Step 12: Bauhaus
- Step 13: Functionalism