The History of Furniture Making

The History of Furniture Making
Primary Research and Analysis
Frederick Litchfield's (1892) book Illustrated history of furniture: From the earliest to the present time presents an enlightening aspect of furniture and its origins. He looks at the biblical period, such as Solomon's temple, the roman 476 AD furniture, the renaissance period, the early English furniture, Chinese furniture, French furniture, and the Great Exhibition. Litchfield (1892) hoped to inspire and educate people with this classic. The book includes artistic representation of different modes and types of furniture in different civilization periods. The book illustrates various paradigm shifts from the historical biblical time to the Great Exhibition in a classical, artistic, and enlightening way.
Litchfield (1892) uses artistic and detailed sketches to present the different art styles of different periods. In the first chapter, he showcases and analyses the ancient furniture. He looks at the exquisite lavish seats and beds at King Solomon's temple. He also presents the art and craft of one of the earliest pieces of furniture, the Reign of Asshurnazipal, and the oldest recorded seat, the Assyrian Chair from Kitorsabad. He tries to cover several centuries and how the idea of furniture changed with the significance of the period. Litchfield (1892) notes that while the furniture of the early centuries was utilitarian, it had exquisite designs. Hieroglyphs and artistic curvature embedded in the furniture created a great informative piece in the biblical era and the early roman civilization.
Egyptian furniture, as presented in the book, simplified much of the early biblical designs into utilitarian furniture. The furniture had straight lines and curves. Such examples included the ebony ivory seat, vase stand, w...