The Richard and Gloria Manney John Henry Belter Rococo Revival Parlour
New methods for veneering and innovations in wood carving helped popularize the revival of the Rococo, the style associated with the reign of Louis XV (1715–74) and Madame de Pompadour, which is characterized by a profusion of C- and S-curves, shells, flowers, and ribbons. With the introduction of coil springs for more comfortable seating (1998.382), innovative manufacturing techniques such as the method of bending wood, new veneering methods of laminating thin sheets of wood, as practiced in America by the German immigrant John H. Belter (1804–1863), and the use of new materials like papier-mâché (1999.50.2), the Rococo Revival had found its way into the drawing rooms and boudoirs of middle-class homes by the second quarter of the century.
The Richard and Gloria Manney John Henry Belter Rococo Revival Parlour
New methods for veneering and innovations in wood carving helped popularize the revival of the Rococo, the style associated with the reign of Louis XV (1715–74) and Madame de Pompadour, which is characterized by a profusion of C- and S-curves, shells, flowers, and ribbons. With the introduction of coil springs for more comfortable seating (1998.382), innovative manufacturing techniques such as the method of bending wood, new veneering methods of laminating thin sheets of wood, as practiced in America by the German immigrant John H. Belter (1804–1863), and the use of new materials like papier-mâché (1999.50.2), the Rococo Revival had found its way into the drawing rooms and boudoirs of middle-class homes by the second quarter of the century.