Title: Life in the 18th Century
Headings: EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 18th CENTURY
EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 18th CENTURY
Society in 18th Century Britain
Population in 18th Century Britain
Towns in 18th Century England
Agriculture in 18th Century England
Food in the 18th Century
Houses in the 18th Century
Clothes in the 1700s
Leisure in the 18th Century
Education in the 18th Century
Transport in the 18th Century
Medicine in the 18th Century
Art and Science in the 18th Century
Technology in the 18th Century
Religion in the 18th Century

Content: He created a style called neo-classical and he designed many 18th-century country houses. In Georgian Britain the wealthy owned comfortable upholstered furniture. They owned beautiful furniture, some of it veneered or inlaid. In the 18th century, much fine furniture was made by Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779), George Hepplewhite (? -1786), and Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806). The famous clockmaker James Cox (1723-1800) made exquisite clocks for the rich. However the poor had none of these things. Craftsmen and laborers lived in 2 or 3 rooms. The poorest people lived in just one room. Their furniture was very simple and plain.