Furniture Styles and Woods Used

Pilgrim Style: 17th century	Primary woods: oak; sometimes maple or hickory for turned parts. Secondary woods: pine, ash, maple, hickory, or others.
William and Mary Style: 1690-1725	Primary woods: walnut or maple. Secondary woods: pine or others.
Queen Anne Style: 1725-1750	Primary woods: walnut; also maple, cherry, or, later, mahogany Secondary woods maple, pine, ash, cedar, beech, tulip, or others
Chippendale Style: 1750-1780	Primary woods: mahogany; sometimes walnut, maple, or cherry Secondary woods: maple, pine, ash, cedar, beech, tulip, or others
Federal Style: 1780-1820	Primary woods: mahogany; satinwood or other contrastingveneers. Secondary woods: pine or others.
Empire Style: 1815-1840	Primary woods: rosewood or mahogany; also handsomely grained maple; pine, birch, or other local woods for countrypieces. Secondary wood: beginning in the Empire period, pine became almost standard.
Country and Shaker Styles: 1690-1900	Woods: pine, maple, or various local fruitwoods or softwoods.
Windsor Style: 1730-1830	Woods: several used for each piece, typically pine and maple withhickory, ash, or birch.
Gothic Revival Style: 1840-1880	Woods: walnut; also mahogany, rosewood, cherry, or oak.
Rococo Revival Style: 1840-70	Woods: mahogany or rosewood; also walnut for lower-priced pieces.
Renaissance Revival Style: 1850-1880	Woods: walnut; also ash or pine for less expensive pieces.
Eastlake Style: 1870-1890	Woods: oak, walnut, cherry, or maple.
Colonial Revival Style: 1890-1925	Woods: oak; or traditional high-style woods such as mahogany and walnut.
Art Nouveau Style: 1895-1910	Woods: oak for mass-produced pieces; mahogany, rosewood, maple, or exotic woods such as amboyna for elegant examples.
Mission / Arts and Crafts Styles: 1900-1925	Wood: oak.
Art Deco Style: 1925-1945	Materials: Pine or maple for less expensive lacquered or painted pieces; mahogany, walnut, or more exotic woods for finer examples. Sometimes metal or glass.