The History of Furniture

The furniture through the time

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 In the first era of Pharaoh in Egypt presented luxurious furniture, beds, thrones, chairs, furniture living room, decorated with gold, ebony, ivory, which had obvious effect on furniture Asian.  In Minoan period in the Greek market in general and specifically in Crete appeared at the beginning of furniture in designs of Western Asia and Egypt. But from the Mycenaean period and thereafter in Homer’s time, the

furniture that, in light of the Aegean and because of the Greek spirit, began to metamorphose, first by presenting the original Greek forms in furniture , created by combining the 

oldest civilizations on the Greek. 

 began at least the 8th century BC And later, in the sixth presented shaped around longer Greek furniture with clean Greek inspiration, elaborate and unprecedented, full of grace and 

harmony, elegant and simple to use. 

 Greek craftsmen, without betraying the functionality without the miraculous escape “measure” used their imagination Ms. their art to get the furniture to perfection.  These furnishings are the matrices from which began the Roman and later European furniture, without excluding the French nor are they made ​​of walnut, oak , cedar Elia, decorated with ivory and precious metals-or not-and polished with wax.  The Greek complications, in his time, had conquered the known world and loved especially by foreign kings and princes who used them much.  In ancient Greek house there were complex and sophisticated furnishings. was little: chairs for immortals and mortals, including that the chairs , thrones for deities and personalities, couches, small stylish stools, tables, benches and footstools.  the chairs and the couches, the seat was made ​​of leather or woven. A colorful embroidered woolen blanket or pillow or mattress, covered the surface of krevatiou.Ta carvings and inlaid ornaments of ivory and gold, represents Pegasus, Nereids, sea horses and snakes like 

to swim in the waves. 

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 come down to us the name of Ikmaliou, who was famous furniture manufacturer in Homer’s time.  But most furniture was made ​​of nameless ordinary carpenters, but they do not cease to be inspired and artisans. Greek craftsmen, knowing that the gods looked with envy even the furniture , their worthy even they made ​​them.  Of course there were then the “interior designers”. The furnishings were tied to the inside of the house when the sensor of the craftsman and the host, who wanted not only to serve the furniture that he made, but also to match the aesthetic, since they would be living with a life. Not made ​​of standard designs but with the eye and measuring tape.  In our time, took a long look in ancient Greek furniture. In the 18th and early 19th century furniture designers felt that the ancient Greek furniture had spirit shape and proportions that belonged exclusively to them. In the late 19th century seemed tentative in the salons of Biedermeier. 

 In Victorian Europe and America, the great exhibition of 1851, presented Greek metal furniture. All mediocre imitations.  And last, about two hundred years after the original Cowardly reviving, sprang the real ancient Greek complications in all its magic through the broken marbles and vases, many of which are depicted furniture incomparable art. Few parts of the original furnishings have survived, but the available information are many. The artists of the classical period accurately reflected the furniture of their time in the performances of vessels that have survived thousands of museums here and abroad and on reliefs in marble and clay.  Influenced by this spirit we try to we make furniture using the same philosophy those adapted to artificial culture and needs of today and prices factory.  We always try using modern methods to create furniture that are consistent with the spirit of the time, respecting the environment and ethical values.  And now you can get any of the furnishing us with a 20% discount

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