This dining suite I found on Trademe could be categorized as
part of Gothic Revival style. The owner described this dining suite was carved
decorations in walnut European made around early 1900s. According to my
observation, the main features of the dining suite are indeed following the
Gothic Revival style.
The Gothic style was initiated in 1122 in north of Paris and
revival in 18th century in England. Compared to other vintage style Gothic
style objects are both beautiful and functional. Gothic style mostly used for
the building but also has a unique taste in indoor furnishings. Historically,
Gothic indoor furnishings such as the Gothic church with a strong symbolic
significance of the power and majesty that was not for ordinary people. After
the 14th century, the Gothic patterns of architectural started used in
furniture as embossment form. “Carving was the favorite process for decorating
the surface of the furniture. Foliage was much favored as a decorative motif in
Gothic ornamentation.” (Gothic Style Furniture, n.d.) Such an exquisite vine
leaves and flowers embossment decorated this dining suite to make them look
particularly tasteful.
The dining suite were completed in the early 1900s when the
Gothic Revival period. Gothic Revival advocates abandoning the flashy design
encouraging cheap, and reducing the varied principles of ornamental design. (A.
W. N. Pugin, 1843) The rules make my antique seem more approachable and not
just for religious or aristocrats. After 100 years of changes, the appearance
of the dining suite simple and staid and can still be treated as ordinary
furniture to use, which also echoes the Gothic's True Principles of nature as
the model for the ornament appropriate ornament for the object and use.
Its existence and revival demonstrated that people strongly
hope the arts into the life. “Fashionable Victorian town-dwellers were bored by
the monotonous classical terraces/rows of plain Georgian houses, by now
encrusted in soot and grime. They wanted color and animation.”(Gothic / Gothic
Revival in Buffalo, NY, n.d.)
References:
Gothic Style Furniture. (n.d.) Retrieved [April 26
2012] from http://www.efi-costarica.com/gothic-style-furniture.html
A. W. N. Pugin, (1843), An apology for the revival of
Christian architecture in England, London: Oxford, St. Barnabas P.
Gothic / Gothic Revival in Buffalo, NY. (n.d.)
Retrieved [April 26 2012] from http://www.buffaloah.com/a/archsty/gothic/index.html
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