American furniture textbook, a style history lesson of the evolution of this decade #fashiontrend#


If in your concept there is only one type of American furniture,

Then you are totally wrong.

American furniture is like American culture.

Combining global design and historical inspiration,

But they still look very American.

What kind of evolution is this?

Let's take a look at the historical evolution of FINE refined furniture in the past ten years

It’s like a stylistic history textbook on the evolution of American furniture.




2003


Representative Work: Old Dreams of the Manor

Style type: American country

Style features: small shape, with arc, flower shape, curved legs, vines and other decorations. Admire the vines all over the mountain, taste the homemade wine, and imagine the rich manor life.

Design inspiration: old French wine estate, cherry wood veneer, antique brown paint, antique hardware.



2004


Representative Work: European Renaissance

Style type: American classical

Style features: flower shapes, leaf shapes, wheat ears, pineapples, grooves, curved legs, metal decorative surfaces. The elegant and solemn traditional European spirit is revived here, with selected hardwoods matched with gorgeous swirls and tree branch patterns, and painted with soft and bright antique colors.

Design inspiration: Orthodox aristocratic furniture from Britain, France, the Netherlands, Italy and other European countries, using a variety of thin sheets such as tree knots, branches, straight grains, a mix of metal and wood, dark brown painting technology, and antique hardware, reflecting a stronger sense of value and bringing the traditional lifestyle of ancient Europe.




2005


Representative works: Modern Classics

Style type: American casual

Style characteristics: simple lines, grooves and other architectural elements, simple but not simplistic.

Design inspiration: In the late 18th century and early 19th century, furniture was simpler in shape, no longer using complex carvings and thin sheets, but more architectural elements, cherry wood thin sheets with dark painting technology, and hardware accessories changed from antique color to brighter nickel plating effect. Modern shapes combined with traditional techniques reflect the transitional design style of the Industrial Revolution.



2006


Representative Works: Sag Harbor

Style type: American casual

Style features: simple lines, combination of traditional curved shapes and modern straight lines, curled leaf patterns, bamboo, etc.

Design Inspiration: Reflecting the casual and simple American country seaport, the design is inspired by the famous British and French antique furniture and architectural elements of the 17th and 18th centuries. It is simplified and uses antique painting technology, cherry wood veneers, and three painting techniques: wood color, white and black, to reflect the island style of Long Island, New York, USA.



2007


Representative Works: Loft

Style Type: American Modern

Style features: Almost all of them are straight lines, with almost no decoration, and the isomorphic geometric shapes reflect the effect of industrial style.

Design inspiration: With reference to the renovated factories and warehouses, the industrial style reflects the sense of value, and different geometric shapes are combined. Through the use of mixed materials such as glass, wood, and metal, combined with special painting technology, the American modern style is reflected with low-key luxury.




2008


Representative work: Chateau Witte

Style type: American classical

Style features: Try to use as many decorative elements as possible, such as curved shapes, shells, curled leaves, Caprio legs, grooves, etc. The design inspiration comes from the northern region of Italy, which is rich in fine wine. The endless grape plantations are surrounded by characteristic buildings full of ancient European style.

Design inspiration: It feels like being in a wine estate in northern Italy, with authentic American design from French and Italian plantations. Using laurel burl and cherry wood veneer, inlay technology, and a combination of high gloss and antique paint, the design style seems to have returned to the more traditional European winery lifestyle four or five years ago.




2009


Representative Works: Wailea

Style Type: American Modern

Style features: Simple shape, reflecting the design style of high-end hotels through the use of various mixed materials, and more branches and trunks reflect natural elements.

Design inspiration: It uses Eriguisu finishes, simple shapes, and a mixture of water-patterned glass, wooden roots, and metals, representing the style and lifestyle of the world's top resort hotels.



2010


Representative: American Cherry

Style Type: American Colonial

Style features: The shape is relatively more traditional, with caprio bent legs, ball claws, shells, pineapples and other shapes for decoration, and red painting technology is used to imitate mahogany.

Design inspiration: It is derived from antique furniture from England and France, but has been simplified while retaining classic design elements, and even includes some Chinese elements. It uses cherry wood with burgundy paint to imitate mahogany, and relatively bright brass hardware accessories. The entire series is almost a classic reproduction of American antique furniture.



2011


Representative Work: Belvedere Impression

Style type: American classical

Style features: Almost all the decorative elements of antique furniture are retained, including the appearance and carved shapes, curved legs, shells, flower shapes, leaf shapes and other decorative elements, and the use of gold painting technology. In Italian, Belvedere means "beautiful scenery", which is the inspiration source of the "Belvedere Impression" series. The scenery and artistic conception of Italy, Spain and France in the 19th and 20th centuries can be seen everywhere in the details of this series.

Design inspiration: With reference to the classic antique furniture designs of Amalfi, Siena, Pompeii and even France, the design almost completely retains the classic elements of the originals, but also conforms to the modern lifestyle. The design uses Brazilian mother bean flakes with a golden coating process to make it more valuable, retaining the classics of ancient European furniture and architectural design, but also conforming to the modern lifestyle.



2012


Representative Work: Palm Island

Style type: American casual, island style

Style features: The shape retains the tradition and is improved in casual style. It also uses many architectural elements to present it, but uses more casual style materials and light-colored painting techniques.

Design Inspiration: With reference to the world's top holiday destinations, including Hawaii in the United States and Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, the design absorbs the architectural and furniture design elements of the local top hotels, makes improvements, and uses rattan and ash wood original color painting technology to reflect the high-end casual style.



2013


Representative work: Castle Legend

Style type: American manor

Style features: graceful curves, gorgeous sheets, a lot of hand-made, curved legs, trumpet shapes, shells, leaves, flowers and other decorations. The design inspiration comes from the dignified and elegant temperament inherited from the Vanderbilt family by George and Edith, and their unremitting adherence to and pursuit of noble life.

Design inspiration: We try to use the world's top decorative elements from Britain, France, the Netherlands and even the East as much as possible. The design inspiration comes from the furniture and architectural design elements in Biltmore Manor. After modern improvements, it combines European retro and American leisure.



2014


Representative: Humphrey Bogart

Style type: American modern

Style features: simple shape, through the grid, concave and convex, pearl shell, two-color inlay effect. Hollywood star, sailing enthusiast, chess master, skilled golfer... Humphrey Bogart is so extraordinary.

Design Inspiration: The entire design series is a microcosm of the life of Hollywood actor Humphrey Bogart, inspired by the design elements of furniture and architecture in many well-known movies, and even the school he attended and the sailing boats he always loved, etc., recreating the lifestyle of old Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s in the United States.



2015


Representative works: Fine quality

Style Type: American Modern

Style characteristics: The shape and lines are simplified to the extreme, while retaining an elegant beauty, reflecting a sense of value through geometric shapes and color contrasts.

Design inspiration: Simplified according to the trend of American interior design, retaining the traditional American production process, expressing the high-end American modern furniture design style through the changes and contrasts of wood, glass, metal, stone and coating, and the different texture effects of the materials.



2016


Representative Works: Fusion Series

Style Type: American Modern

Style features: "Fusion" provides a stage for artistic life with pleasing materials, exquisite craftsmanship and modern painting.

Design Inspiration: Asian elements and European design are perfectly integrated to create a new series with rich layers, eclecticism and transitional style.



2017


Representative works: Deco

Style Type: American Modern

Style Features: France in the 1930s was a place of luxury and opulence, infusing Art Deco into the fabric of the era.

Design inspiration: At FINE, our new collection rediscovers and redefines French style through the spirit of that era. Maintaining the integrity of classic design while innovating for today’s lifestyle.





On June 12, 2017, the high-end American furniture leader, FINE Furniture, kicked off its 10th anniversary celebration with the theme of "Environment Releases Vision, Style Sustainability" at the Shanghai Center, located at the top of Shanghai. The evening party reviewed the brand's ten-year journey and witnessed the changes in the development of home furnishings over the past decade. FINE Furniture keeps pace with the times. With the upgrading of people's consumption concepts, furniture design must not only be functional, but also meet the consumers' experience of the beauty of home space and the free model of their vision of their own lifestyle. That is, "my environment interprets my outlook on life."



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