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Summary: Edwardian furniture was only manufactured for a brief period of time, and it featured pieces that had straight lines, less carving, mostly walnut satin woods and some string inlay. Find out why Edwardian furniture is popular with help from an antique furniture dealer in this free video on Edwardian furniture.
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"Edwardian by nature, seems to be an English design, more than American, and it started in the turn of the century in 1900, and by the 1915, 1920 time frame, it had pretty much run its course. It was typical of some of the Victorian pieces, but had started streamlining some, so you had straighter lines, less carving, mostly walnut satin woods, a little bit of inlays, some string inlay, but no marketry. Some carving, but not the heavy, heavy carving of the Victorian or the Gothic Jacobian periods. We find it to be a good design, because it's affordable. A lot of the young families who come in the store are impressed with that look, and they like a little bit of ornamentation, not quite as much straight lines as the Mission pieces, but yet not quite the frou frou of the Victorian era, so it's extremely popular."
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