George I Period c. 1714-1727

The George I period is characterised by pieces veneered but with a more masculine sense of proportions. Handles on case furniture in the early Georgian period typically have a solid or open shaped back plate and the legs on tables and chairs are of cabriole form with better examples being carved with acanthus or lions masks to the knee and terminating in claw and ball feet. Early . Georgian mirrors have gesso cut frames with a broken arch or swan neck pediment