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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 95960, member: 25"]The problem with earlier or later is that the style is fairly specific to the period of about 1900 to 1910. The revival of late 18th C style was contemporary with art nouveau to some extent and you will see a/n elements incorporated into this revival furniture but the tectonic shift in styles dictated by the First World War caused a big dislocation in furniture design in general.</p><p><br /></p><p>It could have been made in the mid or later 20th C as an uncommon 'revival of a revival', anything is possible. I do not think it is an example of an original 18th C piece, which is the earlier alternative.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 95960, member: 25"]The problem with earlier or later is that the style is fairly specific to the period of about 1900 to 1910. The revival of late 18th C style was contemporary with art nouveau to some extent and you will see a/n elements incorporated into this revival furniture but the tectonic shift in styles dictated by the First World War caused a big dislocation in furniture design in general. It could have been made in the mid or later 20th C as an uncommon 'revival of a revival', anything is possible. I do not think it is an example of an original 18th C piece, which is the earlier alternative.[/QUOTE]
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