Tudor Era Furniture. The tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603 in england and wales and includes the elizabethan period during the reign of elizabeth i until 1603. The renaissance of the elizabethan came into england by way of the low countries the importation of furniture into england from flanders and holland was so significant that a hundred years earlier a law was enacted forbidding the practice nevertheless carved woodwork was one of the important articles of commerce with the low countries and the country homes of england of this period were.
As a result elizabethan furniture was the first to start transitioning out the medieval era. Sometimes the linen fold or tracery of the old style accompanies the medallions of the new on the same piece of furniture. The tudor furniture was made of solid wood and though decorated the work was dependent rather on form than decorations.
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The majority of tudor furniture was made from wood oak being a popular choice. The tudor period coincides with the dynasty of the house of tudor in england whose first monarch was henry vii b 1457 r 1485 1509. Sometimes the linen fold or tracery of the old style accompanies the medallions of the new on the same piece of furniture. English period furniture elizabethan furniture 1558 1603 oak.