Tudor oak antique writing desk
Well, there are many types of wood materials to make pieces of furniture and one of them that has highly natural resistant to any manner of poor treatment either from insects or human, is oak. It is nature’s fabulous origins to make all type of wood furniture which has been used for hundreds of years. It can be categorized as hardwood type that has some basic characteristics; hard, pretty heavy, and also strong-tough. Except, white oak, all of oak type is reliable contact with moisture. In the early of 16-th century to in the end of 17-th century England were the golden periods of the popularity of oak antique furniture. Some people also say this period was the peak periods of the craftsmanship and the doyen of furniture design.
In this period, ornamentation was the popular style to paint and carve the furniture. Jacobean and Tudor were two types that so popular in the age of oak. The extravagantly ornamented and the larger concept were the favorite option for the scale of furniture, particularly during Tudor era. Well, in 1928, some new types and styles emerged, especially the American models. And in the end of 19-th century, Mission designs emerged and became the new favorite style. The clean look and the design that come with full straight-forward style are usually two dominant characteristics of mission oak antique furniture types. We can also some of these types have inlay ornaments that usually from other woods.
# Jacobean Types
These types were increasing popular after the age of King James in England or in the early of 17-th centenary (first quarter). They were made from oak and equipped with some basic and simply trimmings (like simply upholstery and carving) and basically closely similar with the pieces of furniture styles from the Elizabeth era. They are real antique oak furniture and usually we can find them at special auction at the very expensive price tags. We can also some of them in some special museums in UK. In addition, in the 17- era England, to gain the membership of Carpenter Guild of Craftsman was required long time duration up to seven years. This means, carpentry was considered one of high skills during that time.
# Tudor Types
These types were also made similar like Jacobean models which still prioritized the resembled and basic style. The rich people were the dominant group that used them. Therefore, they are considered a luxury symbol of signifying sublime wealth. This means in this era, the social inequality between poor and rich was enormous. The basic furniture like chairs, tables and beds are only feasible for rich groups. On other hand, poor groups could not use them! Overall, classic era of Oak Jacobean and Tudor are the real antique furniture that can enhance the quality of the decor. Some popular pieces of both types are dinning tables, rocking-upholstered chairs, chests, staircases, bookcases, carved-dressers, side-boards, classic coffee tables, etc.
# Helpful information on buying pieces of antique oak furniture:
- Some favorite places to purchase decent pieces of them are auction houses, flea markets and antique shops either offline or online. In addition, an online site that so recommended is British Antique Dealers Association!
- The crucial point that you should take into consideration when hunting antique pieces; make ensure they are real antique pieces or not! Be careful about it! There are many pieces that come from reproductions. Always consider prices! The real antique units are usually impossible offered at the cheap prices. Check the nails, glue and drawers! If the glue is clearly apparent and you find the exactly size and shape of dovetail joints, inside of drawers than the conclusion, this piece is not real antique but made from modern machine reproductions.
- For the further information, you can read some the home decor magazines from English! Perhaps you can find a lot of information such as list of antique shops, wood-craft ads that usually offer replicas or real oak antique furniture, etc.
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