American Colonial Furniture 1630 to 1789

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American Colonial Furniture 1630 to 1789 — The American styles of furniture are sometimes divided into two historical groups namely the Colonial and the Federal. In American history the term Colonial refers to the thirteen original British Colonies which subsequently became the United States of America and to the period. Thus the term Colonial as applied to architecture and the decorative arts is used to cover that style which prevailed before and at the time of the American Revolution.

In furniture it include the Jacobean, William and Mary, Queen Anne and Chippendale styles.

The earliest furniture made in America was in the Jacobean style, 1603–1688. Early Jacobean furniture was very scarce. Late Jacobean articles were slightly more plentiful. The Jacobean style was superseded by the William and Mary style, 1689–1702.