Approximate dates of wood eras:

Oak Period
Walnut Period
Early Mahogany
Late Mahogany

1600-1670
1670-1730
1730-1770
1770-1810
DATES OF ENGLISH MONARCHS
FURNITURE PERIOD APPELLATION
James I
Charles I
Commonwealth
Charles II
James II
William & Mary
William III
Anne
George I
Geroge II
George III
George IV
William IV
Victoria
Edward VII
1603-1625
1625-1649
1649-1660
1660-1685
1685-1689
1689-1694
1694-1702
1702-1714
1714-1727
1727-1760
1760-1820
1820-1830
1830-1837
1837-1901
1901-1910
 Jacobean
Carolean
Cromwellian
Restoration
Restoration
William and Mary
William III or William & Mary
Queen Anne
George I
Early Georgian
Late Georgian
Regency
Late Regency or William
Victorian
Edwardian


Useful References:
"English Country Furniture - 1500-1900" by David Knell, Antique Collectors Club
"Oak Furniture - The British Tradition" by Victor Chinnery, Antique Collectors Club
"Treen for the Table" by Jonathan Levi, Antique Collectors Club
"Fire and Light" by John Caspall, Antique Collectors Club
 


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