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Typically made of mahogany, teak or bamboo and featuring a range of fabrics and prints with botanical patterns, antique British Colonial furniture and decor varies as it involved local materials and techniques and spanned centuries of design styles.
As the British Empire expanded from the 16th to the 20th century, its conquest and control of colonies around the world bolstered its wealth through the extraction of resources. Including colonies in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australasia, this spread of often violent subjugation imposed British culture, language and faith on Indigenous peoples. The design of homes was included in this expression of imperial power, with government officials, merchants and military officers creating homes mimicking the luxuries they were used to in England.
Local artisans were commissioned to replicate British designs, resulting in versions of Regency, Chippendale, Sheraton and other styles of furniture being crafted from mahogany, rosewood, ebony and teakwood as opposed to beech and oak, which were more common in Europe. Whereas the colonial furniture for the Portuguese and Dutch regularly had motifs of indigenous flora and fauna, the British tended to want more exact reproductions of their home country’s designs.
To escape the summer heat in places such as India and the Caribbean, British colonizers relocated to airy houses in the hills or plantations, leading to foldable chairs and collapsible desks in the style of military campaign furniture. Rather than upholstery as they might have in Europe, chairs and sofas in the British Colonial style had rattan and cane seating for these higher temperature climates. The contrast between the light textiles and the dark colors of the sturdy furniture became a defining aesthetic of British Colonial interiors.
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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20th Century English British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Late 18th Century English Antique British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Late 19th Century British Antique British Colonial More Carpets
Wool, Cotton, Organic Material
Early 20th Century Turkish British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Chinese British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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20th Century British Colonial More Carpets
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Mid-20th Century Turkish British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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19th Century Indian Antique British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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19th Century Antique British Colonial More Carpets
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Mid-18th Century English Antique British Colonial More Carpets
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1990s French British Colonial More Carpets
Wool, Cotton, Organic Material
Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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20th Century French British Colonial More Carpets
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1920s English Vintage British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Late 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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1990s French British Colonial More Carpets
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Mid-20th Century British Colonial More Carpets
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20th Century South African British Colonial More Carpets
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20th Century South African British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Mid-20th Century African British Colonial More Carpets
Zebra Hide, Felt
Early 1900s Northern Irish Antique British Colonial More Carpets
Wool, Cotton, Organic Material
Mid-20th Century Turkish British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Early 20th Century Persian British Colonial More Carpets
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Mid-20th Century Turkish British Colonial More Carpets
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