
Unknown
Eastlake
Style Table,
circa 1880
walnut and
marble
Illinois State
Museum collection
Gift of the
Janet Louise Weston Estate, Newport Beach, California (1995.104.13A)
Eastlake Style
Eastlake Style furniture is frequently
seen in antique shops all over the United States, but especially in the
east and midwest. It was manufactured by factories in the east that had
branch offices in midwest cities.
Carpenters also made pieces of furniture
from patterns in this style for their homes and for customers. The style
differed from the original concept of Charles Eastlake; some versions were
more ornately carved and others were minimally incised, perhaps having
only reeding and chamfered corners. The concept of simple, affordable,
attractive cottage furniture survived.
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