American Colonial Interior Design
Characteristics
The characteristics of American Colonial usually consists of woodwork and trim used widely throughout the house including wood mantels and surrounds, corner cupboards in kitchens, and dining rooms, wainscot and crown moulding trim at ceiling and wide baseboards and case trim around doors and windows .
Eighteenth Century Colonial
- Formal design
- Fine furniture, cabinetry making, and joinery techniques
- Fine hardwoods such as walnut, cherry, mahogany
- Reinterpretation of classic 18th & early 19th C. artisans such as Chippendale, Sheridan, and Hepplewhite. Duncan Phyfe was extremely popular.
- Fabrics included tapestry, velveteens, brocades
Early American
- Rustic interpretations of early colonial furnishings
- Mixed woods including knotty pine, maple, hickory, chestnut, and poplar
- Rag, hooked, and braided rugs
- Fabrics were cotton, wool, and linen
- Iron and brass fixtures and lighting
Examples
