An atlas of rooms & objects
Nine centuries of furniture and architecture, by country. Follow the line of time; open an era and step into its rooms.
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Read by centuryFrance · c. 1150–1500
Stone halls, pointed arches and the furniture of a fortified house.
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19 plates in the cabinet · Edition 1
Germany · Austria · c. 1200–1600
Castles and timber-framed houses, from their hearths to their towers.
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Italy · c. 1300–1500
The pointed arches and open stone tracery of the Venetian palazzo.
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Italy · c. 1450–1600
Measured proportions, architectural cabinets and the rooms of the Italian Renaissance.
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England · c. 1485–1600
Timber-framed rooms, deep hearths and the furniture of the English great hall.
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France · c. 1500–1610
The château as a house: carved stone, ordered façades and ceremonial furniture.
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England · c. 1558–1625
Carved cupboards, oak panelling and the architecture of an English interior.
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Japan · c. 1600–1900
The Japanese townhouse and inn: layered screens, measured floors and the display alcove.
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Italy · c. 1620–1750
Sculptural furniture and the layered architecture of a Venetian salon.
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Netherlands · c. 1650–1700
Tiled rooms and miniature cabinets in the Dutch tradition of the poppenhuis — the dollhouse.
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Germany · Austria · c. 1650–1730
Architectural interiors shaped by stucco, pilasters and ceremonial space.
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France · c. 1660–1715
Formal symmetry and architectural furniture in the French Baroque tradition.
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England · c. 1700–1760
Cabriole legs, pierced chair backs and the cabinetmaker’s attention to silhouette.
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United States · c. 1700–1820
American rooms, from Windsor seating to the restrained symmetry of Federal furniture.
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France · c. 1720–1760
Curved lines and intimate rooms. A bergère is an upholstered armchair; boiserie is carved wall panelling.
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France · c. 1760–1792
Straight fluted legs, medallion backs and a return to the proportions of antiquity.
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England · c. 1760–1800
A study in proportion: townhouses, fanlights and the delicate ornament of the Georgian interior.
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Sweden · c. 1770–1810
Swedish neoclassicism, interpreted through spare lines, painted furniture and tiled stoves.
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England · c. 1800–1837
Classical references, elegant scrolls and the English drawing room of the early nineteenth century.
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France · c. 1800–1830
Architectural masses and classical details; a guéridon is a small pedestal table.
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Germany · Austria · c. 1815–1848
Domestic scale and clear forms in the early nineteenth-century Central European interior.
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England · c. 1837–1901
Layered rooms, glasshouses and Gothic Revival silhouettes. Fantasy Gothic pieces are identified as interpretations.
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France · c. 1850–1914
The Paris apartment and its surroundings: tall windows, panelled rooms and the café at street level. French country pieces are grouped here as regional interpretations.
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Germany · Austria · c. 1860–1914
Bentwood furniture and the changing geometry of the Viennese interior.
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United States · c. 1870–1900
The porches, turned posts and cut timber ornament of the American Victorian house.
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England · c. 1880–1910
Honest construction, the settled room and a close relationship between architecture and furniture.
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France · c. 1890–1914
Botanical lines and continuous curves, from Nancy furniture to Parisian architecture.
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Italy · c. 1900–1914
The Italian Art Nouveau interior, with its floral details and crafted surfaces.
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Germany · Austria · c. 1919–1933
Original studies in tubular construction and geometric space, inspired by the period rather than replicas of named designs.
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France · c. 1920–1939
Stepped forms, generous curves and the considered geometry of the interwar room.
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United States · c. 1930–1960
The theatrical American interior, with streamlined furniture and expansive mirrors.
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France · c. 1945–1965
Original mid-century studies in structure, utility and open space.
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Italy · c. 1950–1990
Original furniture studies spanning postwar forms and later geometric experiments.
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Denmark · c. 1950–1970
Original furniture in the spirit of the mid-century Danish room: balanced, open and human in scale.
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Germany · Austria · c. 1955–1975
Original studies in quiet, functional furniture and modular arrangements.
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International · c. 1975–2026
Original rooms and furniture for the present day, from the city apartment to the coastal house.
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Nordic countries · c. 1990–2026
Contemporary Nordic and Japanese-influenced rooms, reduced to their essential silhouettes.
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International · c. 1990–2005
Rounded plastic, frosted finishes and chrome: original studies of the turn-of-the-millennium bedroom, inspired by the period rather than by branded products.
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International · c. 1990–2026
Halloween and seasonal pieces for a haunted dollhouse: original, chunky solid shapes to print and paint your way.
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A quieter way through
Each period below opens directly. Dates describe the historical language of the work; contemporary interpretations are identified in their plates.