King George Suite

Era: Georgian 1720-1760 (Late Georgian 1760-1810)

Monarch: King George I, II and III

Artist: George Wootton

Interior Characteristics:

• “Golden Age” of interior design and Architecture with the influence of the Rococo style.
• English art and architecture became affluent and started to compete with the French. There became new ways of making furniture and other interior accessories.
• The Early Georgian Period interiors had moved away from the Queen Anne style and started to move toward the Rococo style while keeping the English characteristics.
• Walls: were colours in the shades of white and grey. Applied to these walls, mouldings and decorative cornices, painted white, would make the rooms seem more formal. Oriental wallpapers along with lightly coloured tapestries would have been added to make the rooms feel lighter.
• Depending on the rooms, the colours of the Early Georgian period become bolder using colours such as muted or vibrant blues, reds, gold’s and greens.
• Floors remain in the basic materials.
• Marble floors are preferred for the wealthier people of England.
• The middle class homes would most likely have floors made of parquet woods and even painted wood floors. Early Georgian furniture looks basically like Queen Anne furniture except more carved and elaborate than Queen Anne Furniture.
• The cabriole leg still remains, but the base of the leg has a ball-andclaw foot. Furniture pieces of this time also become wider and broader.
• Mahogany wood replaces walnut woods.
• Beds still have posts. Instead of using a lot of drapery, the posts are to be shown.
• Late Georgian: During this age, Georgian England would gain a fashionable reputation with companies developing such as:
  • Wedgwood Pottery (1771), Waterford (1783) which is known for their cut glass and crystal, Worcester (1751) which is England’s first porcelain company, and Axminster (1755) carpets.
• Furniture designers started to reveal their talents. Such works as Robert Adam (1728-92), Thomas Chippendale (1718-79), George Hepplewhite (c.1728-1786), and Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806) became popular with the English People.