Quintessentially Georgian

From Jane Austen heroines to the sweeping crescents of Bath and the landscapes of Capability Brown, the Georgian era is as quintessentially British as tea and scones. But if we dig a little deeper, we find that the craftsmen of the day drew their inspiration from all over the world, and often looked to the exotic or the ancient as the basis for their designs.

ROCOCO

The name rococo is taken from the French , meaning rock or broken shell, and is a clue to the movement’s central ethos of looking to nature for its core inspiration. Fluidity of line, curves and a light palette are all key features, as is a sense of the theatrical and the elegant, epitomised in motifs such as the scroll, the acanthus leaf, florals and marine life, as well as musical instruments and cherubic figures. It was flamboyant, bold, and seemed to utterly disregard the classically led