Newport Colonial Click on image for details of each furniture piece
Colonial Collection, circa 1730–1775 influence Our Colonial Collection emulates the richness of Newport’s & Boston’s eighteenth-century furniture, so prized by informed antique collectors today. That era witnessed a confluence of rich natural resources, global sea-trade, artistic genius, and brilliant expression of new wealth. All combined to produce a furniture legacy unique in world history. Antiques of that period now fetch auction prices into the millions. With the permission of curators and private collectors, Adriance has taken precise measurements of many archetypical New England masterworks. Our hand-wrought pieces are indebted to Newport’s earliest celebrity-artisans, particularly John Townsend and John Goddard (born 1723, Dartmouth, MA, near our workshop). Early New England’s obsession with furniture refinement reflected passions then popular with aristocracy on the other side of the Atlantic. The cyma (S-curve), espoused by English artist William Hogarth as “the line of beauty, ” developed into refined shapes, such as sinuous cabriole legs. Influenced by Thomas Chippendale’s definitive 1752 London treatise, gifted designers transformed American furnituremaking. They embellished serpentine front chests with convex and concave scallop shells and hand-chased brasses. Mahogany was preferred for its superlative grain and valued for its carving characteristics. Now you may own a classic and enduring exemplar of American heritage. If you relish meticulous attention to detail, crisply inscribed carvings and exuberant turnings, Adriance Furnituremakers will handcraft a Colonial-style heirloom for you and generations to treasure.
Oval Expansion Tables	Rectangular Expansion Table	Round Expansion Table
Queen Anne Slide-Top Table	Newport Double Pedestal Expansion Table	New England Tavern Table with Double Vase Legs
Rhode Island Tavern Table	Newport Round Pedestal Table	Ellipse Dining Table
Dartmouth Rectangular Dining Table with Cabriole Legs	Oval Queen Anne Cabriole Gate-Leg Table	Newport Lowboy Dressing Table, circa 1770
Oval Tea Table	Oval Cocktail Table	Porringer Tea Table Bracket Aprons
Scallop Corner Tea Table	Rhode Island Tavern Drink Table	Newport Rhode Island Tilt-Top Tea Table circa 1765
Scallop Corner Coffee Table	Large Chippendale Mirror	Small Chippendale Mirror
Newport Pineapple Mirror	Queen Anne Mirror	Pencil Post Bed with Flame Finials Arch Headboard
Pencil Post Bed with Canopy Frame and Urn Finials Heart & Cusp Headboard	Urn & Ball Low Post Bed Arch & Cyma Headboard	Flame & Ball Low Post Bed Arch-Cove-Fillet Headboard
Tulip Low Post Bed Flat & Cove Headboard	Queen Anne Arm Chair	Queen Anne Side Chair
Corner Chair	Ribbon Splat Side Chair	Tear-Drop Side Chair
Continuous Arm & Bowback Windsor with Vase Legs	Continuous Arm & Bowback Windsor with Bamboo Legs	Sack Back Arm Chair & Hoop Back Side Chair with Vase Legs
Rhode Island Pipestem Arm & Side Chair	Camel Back Windsor Settee	Continuous Arm Settee with Vase Legs
Sack Back Settee	Windsor Stools	Bracket Base Four Drawer Chest
Bracket Base Five Drawer Chest	Newport Three Drawer Chest	Newport Four Drawer Chest
Newport Nine Drawer Chest	Newport Ten Drawer Chest	Newport Chest on Chest
Newport Cupboard on Chest	Newport China Cupboard	Corner Cupboard
Newport Slant Front Desk, Ogee Bracket Base Block & Shell Interior	New England Slant Front Desk, Bracket Base optional Secretary Top	New England Slant Front Desk 4 Drawer Interior
Bracket Base Blanket Chest with drawer and brass pulls	Bracket Base Blanket Chest with drawer and wood knobs