Georgian Era French Furniture Plates 1786-1789

Vintage fashion publications mainly displayed fashion plates; 

however some of them also showed furniture plates on occasion. 

After all ones home style was just as important as one's own appearance.

I enjoy seeing period furnishings and when they are in the same style of the fashion plates they accompany; they make handy accents for creating digital scenes. Many time you can mix and images found from the late 18th through the early 20th centuries when the figures are similarly fashioned.
 

I'm a fan of toy theaters and backgournds in general; so some of my favorites furniture plates
 are those showing parts of a room, since these can make great backgrounds for a scene.

"On Dit" -  The Latest Gossip

A lady and her lord sharing a bit 

of the latest gossip that has just arrived in a letter. 

I used a "room" furniture plate from a March 1787 issue of  

"Magasin des Modes Nouvelles, Francaises et Anglaises". 

The fashion figures are from various other 

French fashion publications from the late 18th century.

The lady can be found HERE

The lord can be found HERE

And I've even used an image of an oriental carpet between the rooms.

I've taken several of my favorite furniture plate images and altered them

for use in future projects so there will be several color options for some of them 

toward the end of this post. I hope you enjoy the selection.

1786-1789 Furniture Plates

Most are from  "Magasin des Modes Nouvelles, Francaises et Anglaises"

but the 1786 plates  are from "Cabinet Des Modes ou Les Modes Nouvelles"

Feb 1786 - from "Cabinet Des Modes ou Les Modes Nouvelles"

 

Feb 1786 - from "Cabinet Des Modes ou Les Modes Nouvelles"

 

June 1786 - from "Cabinet Des Modes ou Les Modes Nouvelles"

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January 1787 - "Magasin des Modes Nouvelles, Francaises et Anglaises"

 Here are a few of my color versions based on the above original

EKDuncan color version - Rose

EKDuncan color version -Green

EKDuncan color version -Peach

EKDuncan color version -Periwinkle

EKDuncan color version -Blue

EKDuncan color version -Aqua

EKDuncan color version -Gold

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March 1787 Room Furniture plate by "Magasin des Modes Nouvelles, Francaises et Anglaises" - Original colors

 

 I created a few color version based on the original  just for a different look.

EKDuncan color version - Raspberry

EKDuncan color version - Plum

EKDuncan color version - Gold

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April 1787 - "Magasin des Modes Nouvelles, Francaises et Anglaises"

 

 Here are my EKDuncan versions based on the original

Green and Silver

Green and Gold

Teal and Silver

Brown and Gold

Blue and Gold

Mulberry and Gold

Plum and Gold

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May 1788 - Furniture Plate "room" from "Magasin des Modes Nouvelles, Francaises et Anglaises"

 
 

October 1788 from "Magasin des Modes Nouvelles, Francaises et Anglaises"

June 1789 from "Magasin des Modes Nouvelles, Francaises et Anglaises"

November 1789 from "Magasin des Modes Nouvelles, Francaises et Anglaises"

 
  These vintage plates are not exactly like turning the pages on a glossy Home and Gardens magazine; however they are what the late 18th century lady had available at the time.  I love their charm and view each  as a miniature work of art that is pleasing to the eye while giving us a glimpse of what home decor items were popular in the 1780's.


 I've created two more scenes using more of the vintage furniture plates but in other
color versions not seen here so check back a little later on to see what those look like.

 Till Next Time...