The FAME STYLE OF WOODEN furniture in Jepara
‘raffles STYLE’ in JEPARA wooden furniture
Various furniture styles of Classic Vintage wooden furniture in Jepara adopt from either Eastern style or Western Style, the Eastern, or Oriental is Chinese style, the western are: Dutch style, French style, Italian style, and English style.
Among the existing English Styles in Jepara’s furniture, there is a famous style one; it is the Raffles Style Furniture.
Pic-1 Raffles chairs, Pic-2 Raffles Table, Pic-3 Raffles bench
This Raffles style is the modification from the classic Regency style and Sheraton style.
The distinctive of Raffles style specification are; the ridged grooves, the turns, the simple line carvings, the curly and scroll ornaments.
Pic-1 the ridged grooves at chair’s leg, bed’s pole, table’s leg.
Pic-2 the turn in chairs and bench,
Pic-3 the simple carving at chairs, bench, and table.
Pic-4 the scroll/spiral ornaments.
history of SIR THOMAS stamford
The name of Raffles is an attribution to the former passed Governor General Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, in Java island of Indonesia
During his occupation in Java and Sumatra for just several years, Raffles had written a history book. His books of “History of Java” are fabulous masterpiece.
His attention, care, and love in: Arts, Culture and Nature resources are legendary ones.
Here are some references links to read more about Sir S.T. Raffles
Antiquarian, architectural, and landscape illustrations of the History of Java by the late Sir Thomas St
The native Policies of Sir Stamford Raffles .. catalogue.nla.gov.au/.../2369093
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