Thomas Sheraton Furniture Designs

Sheraton-influenced furniture dates from about 1790 through 1820.

Thomas sheraton furniture designs. He published them in design books entitled The Cabinet Dictionary 1803 of engraved designs and the Cabinet Makers Upholsterers Drawing Book 1791 of furniture patterns. 9780486222554 from Amazons Book Store. Sheraton furniture designs were the last to give way before the invasion of poor taste.

Less of a cabinet maker and more an artist controversial preacher mystic and inventor he referred to himself as a mechanic. Sheraton gave his name to a style of furniture characterized by a feminine refinement of late Georgian styles and became the most powerful source of inspiration behind the furniture of the late 18th century. However unlike Chippendale it is doubtful whether Sheraton ever made any pieces of furniture himself and his first foray into publishing was a religious tract entitled A Scriptural Illustration.

Thomas Sheraton Furniture Main Influences. Neoclassic English furniture designer. Thomas Sheratons most popular designs date from around 1790 to 1820.

Thomas Sheraton and George Hepplewhite were contemporaries in London. Without a doubt Thomas Sheraton was the last and perhaps the best of English furniture designers and makers adding his name to the top four along with Thomas Chippendale George Hepplewhite and Robert Adam. 22 1806 Soho London English cabinetmaker and one of the leading exponents of NeoclassicismSheraton gave his name to a style of furniture characterized by a feminine refinement of late Georgian styles and became the most powerful source of inspiration behind the furniture of the late 18th century.

In style Sheraton was a purist with leanings toward the Classic. Thomas Sheraton is probably the most famous English furniture designer of the Eighteenth Century after Thomas Chippendale. Thomas Sheraton Sheraton published this influential pattern book in forty-two biweekly installments between 1791 and 1793.

Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is for this reason termed the Golden Age of English cabinet making-Edgar G. Born at Stockton-on-Tees County Durham Thomas Sheraton had little education and worked at first as a journeyman cabinetmaker.