Antique furniture dealers reflect the history of English antique furniture styles which mirror England's history. In England, separated from mainland Europe, there was little development or interest in furuniture for centuries. From the Middle Ages there was an assimilation of foreign influences t resulted in a flowering of great energy and creation which then spread across the world.
.Selling antique furniture is as much an an art in itself as furniture design is an expression of culture and civilisation, of how we view the world moving it above and beyond the merely functional. It is one of the fine arts and an expression of human genius and beauty and antique furniture dealers today require expert knowledge to advise their clients on such a wide range of beautiful pieces.
Antique furniture values vary considerable from early Georgian furniture and Chippendale chairs to victorian furniture and its Edwardian successors. The finest quality of English antique furniture is frequently associte with the Queen Anne era which developed alongside the opulent Palladian style. In the mid Georgian period the French Rococo style is echoed in that of Thomas Chippendale chairs and other furniture. .
In the late Georgian age we see the leaner and more serious "Greek" neoclassical style.
The influence of classical Greek and Rome, as well as Egypt, on English antique furniture reached their peak with Regency furniture in the early 19th century.
English country furniture making with craftsmen working individually and in very small workshops produced simple rustic furniture based on styles that were originally fashionable in London in previous decades and which are today much sought after by antique furniture dealers and their clients.
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