Period living – a revival

Furniture aesthetics and design have been part of our living experiences since the beginning of history. As an intimate part of our homes and lives, each piece can invoke a new response in every individual which is why many homeowners and interior designers choose to place importance on what pieces of furniture they choose to surround themselves with in their homes. 

As furniture styles have progressed from art nouveu through to contemporary designs a raft of imitation and revival styles have started to appear alongside vintage and retro look designs.

These more often than not have included the reappearance of Victorian and Georgian inspired designs which have proved popular mainly for their contrasting bold looks.

While the Victorian style is one of plump heavily upholstered furniture, the Georgian look inspires delicate designs with a symmetrical style.

Our range of Chesterfield sofas at Kings offer inspired designs taken from the Victorian style era. While the upholstery you choose to cover your chosen sofa in is entirely your choice we have a range of swatches also inspired by the art from Queen Victoria’s reign with bolder colour use in our Contrast designs.

Our Duresta Connaught Sofa, available in both leather and fabric upholstery is the most luxurious of all our Chesterfield sofas and takes part of its inspiration from the Victorian era shown in the sofa’s round and plump appearance and heavy upholstery.

An eclectic mix of styles present in these designs, taken from the masculine Gothic and feminine Rococo periods work well together and are perfect for anyone looking for a piece of Victorian inspired furniture to flatter the rest of their home furnishings. The optional ornamentation of wooden finishes and upholstery piping also compliment the Victorian inspired design.

The sofa, made from a hardwood frame, comes with duck filled seat cushions with an optional foam core. A varied range of wood, fabric and leather designs are available to choose from to enable our customers to work to their own tastes.

Georgian inspired designs lay in our Contrast upholstery winged chairs with their subtle and delicate style with slight hints of Palladian glamour without appearing so overt that they overpower your living room or study.

Such Georgian inspired chairs; like these are designed to encourage the use of space and light to create the illusion of regency and air should you prefer that influence in your home.

Whether you choose to keep to the original Georgian style though by opting for lighter and paler colour schemes for your upholstery is entirely your choice. Whatever you opt for we will attempt to cater to those tastes.

All the Georgian inspired chairs are made in the UK using high quality standards of workmanship, and should you choose to opt for the studded designs, these will also be applied individually by hand.

Whatever design period that you choose to influence your choice in sofas or chairs – whether it’s to revive or contemporise we have a range of fabrics to suit classic, refined, eclectic and even modern preferences.

Our range of flooring can also be used to compliment different period influences with carpets, wood and laminate flooring and of course rugs, we have a variety of colours and patterns to choose from.

Whatever the era, Kings Interiors is prepared for the return of period living.