Context and influences of Bermuda furniture: William and Mary and Queen Anne style periods
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1997
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University of Delaware
Abstract
This thesis examines the context and influences for that affected production of Bermuda furniture during the William and Mary and Queen Anne style periods. Whites, Blacks and Native Americans were involved with the development of Bermuda culture. Bermuda's involvement in shipbuilding and sea trade also influenced the design of Bermuda furniture. The William and Mary period was influenced mostly by English joinery practices, with examples that are similar to Welsh and southeastern Pennsylvania patterns. For the Queen Anne period, it appears that Boston and Philadelphia played an important role in the design of Bermudian Queen Anne Furniture. The study of Bermudian furniture design, will assist in discovering how styles of decorative arts diffused throughout Britain's Atlantic colonies, not just those on the mainland.