The Story of English Furniture
Documentary
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus look back over six centuries of furniture-making.
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus look back over six centuries of furniture-making.
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus go back in time to the medieval and Elizabethan period to explore the emergence of a distinctive English style of furniture, in keeping with the bold …
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus take a closer look at furniture made in the Jacobean and Restoration period. Designs of the era were severe until a Continental influence arrived with…
When William and Mary ascended the throne, an influx of Dutch and German craftsmen meant the baroque style was in vogue. This period also saw the decline in popularity of marquetr…
In the days of Queen Anne and the early Georgian period, over-ornamentation was out, while walnut and mahogany were the woods of choice. Hugh Scully talks about William Kent, the …
The most famous name in English furniture, the 'high priest of mahogany', who saw the potential of the middle-class market and who started a revolution in design. Presented by Hug…
This edition focuses on the work and classical styles of 18th-century Scottish architect and furniture-maker Robert Adam.
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus look at the work of Gillows, Hepplewhite and Sheraton and see how new and exotic woods, brought back from voyages of discovery, are used to great effe…
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus explore the splendour of the Regency period, as reflected in the flamboyant Royal Pavilion in Brighton.
The Great Exhibition, William Morris, art nouveau and a stylistic free-for-all. Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus explore the Victorian period, when furniture was produced on a scale n…
The last programme in the series examines the contribution of the 20th century and ranges from Edwardian furniture through Utility and on to tubular steel. The final part of the …
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