Thread: When inspires you?

Can't put a finger on a style in particular although I know what I don't like, but watching the box at times and it's say the programme is set in an English country manor, I sometimes spend more time looking past the actors and at the floor to ceiling panelling and furniture etc.

Originally Posted by Waldo

Can't put a finger on a style in particular although I know what I don't like, but watching the box at times and it's say the programme is set in an English country manor, I sometimes spend more time looking past the actors and at the floor to ceiling panelling and furniture etc.

Same here

you think thats bad try watching when there are vintage auto's, carriages, photographic stuff, whats on Mantels, tables. Whats in the forge/blacksmith shop, wheelwright's then the wife says something about Tapastery, weaving or spinning wheel or the cloths they are wearing and you loose concentration

Movie what movie

I'm with you wheelin',

OooooOOOooo, rewind that bit, pause it!!! Ooooh look at that box/table/cupboard/chest

I'm with you, Jimbur. Somehow, from about 1750 - 1820, the furniture makers just seemed to get it right. Maybe because that was the height of solid timber furniture, and after that came more and more metal, upholstery, and other less interesting stuff (at least to me).

I am particularly inspired by the American Federal style furniture of the period, like that at Winterthur, and similar English furniture of that era.

Tex

There's something about Shaker period woodwork that really floats my boat.

Deceptively simple, but any mistakes stand out like a sore thumb.

Art Nouveau does it for me, anything at all architecture, furniture
wall paper, prints, advertising. The period didn't last very long
only about 20 years but there was some magnificent work done
by some amazingly skilled furniture makers

cheers
col.

Anything like this

Hey Scribbly

Anything like this

You should be in the rope makers forum...

Me bit of a mixed bag. Probably Goddard - Townsend is one of the heights, American Chippendale, again Shaker is great stuff.

Also can appreciate oriental furniture. Not too hot on that Rococco stuff. Also not keen on Mission or Arts and Crafts furniture.

Its doing a job that I can look at and say to myself "AYE thats no bad." In a nurtshell its satisfaction with a job well done. Not because I need the pat on the back, that doesnt do it, It is, is this the best I can do. If it is, thats the manna that sustains me, gets me up in the morning and pushes me on. I hate chipboard.

The Arts & Crafts Era which is loosely late 19th century to the first 2 or 3 decades of the 20th century.

Originally Posted by BrettC

Hey Scribbly



You should be in the rope makers forum...

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Actually I should have included more pix.
All taken at a chandlery and boatbuilders.
Fantastic

Originally Posted by echnidna

The Arts & Crafts Era which is loosely late 19th century to the first 2 or 3 decades of the 20th century.

Yes!

Particularly the European movement; they stuck to more honest, simple pieces while the Americans seemed to go a bit over the top.

I do like Stickley, though...

I agree with rrobor , whats chipboard .

Paul , K