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The tilt-top tea table on a tripod was first made during the "Queen Anne" (in reality George II) period in the 1730s. [16] Queen Anne eventually was eclipsed by the later Chippendale style; late Queen Anne and early Chippendale pieces are very similar, and the two styles are often identified with each together. [17] [18] [19] [20]
Queen Anne side chair (1740–1755, walnut, carving attributed to Harding), sold at Christie's NY, 19 January 2002. [6] Desk-and-bookcase (1740–1755, mahogany, attributed to Harding), sold at Christie's NY, 18 January 2008. [7] The frieze across the top of this piece resembles the frieze in the Supreme Court Room of Independence Hall.
Four of these Queen Anne chairs are originals and attributed to Savery; four are modern reproductions. William Savery (1721 or 1722 – 1787 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania) was an 18th-century American cabinetmaker noted for his furniture in the Queen Anne and Philadelphia Chippendale styles.
The William and Mary style was a transitional style between Mannerist and Queen Anne furniture. [4] The William and Mary style was very popular in Britain from 1700 to 1725, [1] and in America until about 1735. [3] It was largely supplanted in both nations by Queen Anne style furniture. [3]
Queen Anne's Revenge, flagship of the notorious pirate Blackbeard; Queen Anne's War, the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession; Queen Anne pistol, a style of flintlock pistol with a 'turn-off' or screw-off barrel allowing it to be breach-loaded with a tight-fitting ball, popular in Britain during her reign.
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