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Time to decorate PAGE 9-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY HAVE YOU THOUGHT of aukiag a eloek the foeal point of a room's teluawf Designer Au Heler swggrsts htghHgbtiag a traditional II Hog root with a long drop octagon clock from Howard Mlcr, framing It with a variety of decorative object* on a eonaole shelf underneath and naing a pretty floral willeoverhg as its F French The inhabitants of French cities during the 17th and 18th centuries developed distinctive furniture styles which were very ornate and reflected the state of the art of urban craftsmen, wealth and lpca^customs. During this same period the people living in the rural prov­ inces developed furniture geared to their needs. It was much simpler in design and re­ flected their mdre basic way of life and level of local craftsman­ ship. There was not an overabun­ dance of ornateness and that which was done was usually less detailed and more crude. The bourgeois and peasants in the country acquired wealth, but continued to live simply. Their furniture comprised only the essentials; beds, straw seat­ ed s^ols, open hutches (cup­ boards), wardrobes and cabinets. Then, wealthier provinces adopted die wide divergence of style of Louis XIII enthusiast­ ically and have maintained it ever since. There was little in­ fluence of the overly ornate Louis XIV style. However, the % modified details of the Louis XV style were widely adopted by the provinces. When the French emigrated to North America in the 17th century, they brought very little furniture with them, usually only a chest or cabinet. Thus, when furniture became necessary and was handcrafted by the new settlers, they readied back to their past and tried to re­ create the lifestyles they left be­ hind in Prance. The combination of furniture, recreations from memory and new inmorts which eventually came t<^he New World, plus the intermingling of design in­ fluence with the English Col­ onies, gave the new French- inspired furnishings a very dis­ tinctive and charming appeal. The scales of the pieces was often large.tfhe details of the pieces remained fairly crude, as the tools and skills were not as refined as they were in France. Louis XIII and Louis XV de-v tails became the most popular styles in the late 18th century and were often combined in the same pieces. Pine was the most popular cabinet wood since it was very plentiful and was considerably easier to carve. The furniture was usually simply treated with linseed oil as a finish, which today gives the antiques from this period a warm orange- brown pntina. 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