History of Design II - Exam 1

Victorian Period

Heavy, dark furniture, ornamentation, heavily patterned, draperies

Joeseph Paxton

designed crystal place for world fair in 1851, victorian

crystal palace

building made of glass and iron

• draping of fabric, egyptian stature, new furniture, things people have never seen before

• victorian

paper mache furniture

heavily decorated, bun feet

english gothic

towers, pointed roofs, arched windows

american gothic

kingscote, rotch, lyndhurstand other examples of the American Gothic architectural style, characterized by its use of vertical lines, steep gables, and intricate detailing.

exotic revival

interior has ornamentation, towers, symmetry, japanese style

row houses

symmetry, balastrades, towersand shared walls, often found in urban settings.

victorian interior english

dark color palate, ornamentation, patterned wall paper, draping of fabricand elaborate furnishings, reflecting a sense of luxury and comfort.

queen anne revival england

red brick, white painted wood trim, large windows with small panes, bay windows, ornamentationand asymmetrical facades.

american victorian

steeply pitcehd roofs, gable, scroll sawn trimmings, one pointed window

american victorian italinate

sloped roofs, porches, quoins, towers, bracket areas, ionic capitals

stick style

decorative on exterior, wide overhangs, tall chimneys, horizontal bands on windows, oriental rugs to drape over things

romanesque revival

stone, round towers, semicircular arches, low papapets

queen anne american

started slow then got more decorative, irregular roofs, asymmetrical, bay windows, brick and single, surface deco

shingle style

covered with shingles, minimal exterior ornamentation, asymmetrical, gables, dormers, turrets, projecting wings

colonial revival

rectangular shape, side wing, symmetrical, balustrades, dental molding, brick, gable

shaker

functional, no ornamentation, built in cabinets, pegs mounted on walls

charles eastlake

late victorian, castors, simplicity, writer and designer

thornet brothers

idea of steaming wood to bend it

victorian interior american

florals, woodwork, dark wood, big and heavy furniture

whatnot

shelving piece to hold brick brack

JH belter

influenced by rococo, elaborate wooden frames, tufted, castors

victorian furniture

heavy, dark wood, elaborate wood trim, massive in size

pouf

upholstered bench, can see wood, cabriole legs

slipper chair

low legs, might or might not have arms, cabriole legs, use in bedroom/for ladies to rest

tete-a-tete

not allowed to touch eachother due to queen victorias rules, red, tufted

italian renaissance furniture

massive in size, ornamentation, heavy, floral

phillip webb

architect, designed and built houses and pieces for morris to design

william morris

interiors, no ornamnetion, function key to layout, wallpaper, handmade chairs, entire rooms in arts and crafts style

william morris furniture

painted, busy not heavy, intricate fabric

charles voysey

simple and elagant, natural oak or painted white, use of strong colors with white

baillie scott

lowered ceilings, ingle nooks, white walls, light colors, simplicity

gustav stickley

american craftsman movement, simpple, soilid oak, functional, massive in size, wane scotting

bungalow

kit homes, porches with over hanging eaves, shingle style, minimal ornamentation

richardsonion romanesque

heavy, stone, round masonry arches, contrating colors, square towers

greene & greene

american craftsman, influenced arts and crafts and bungalow

kingscote

beginnings of cottage

rotch

modest, picturesque, steep pitch gables, tracery pointed arch, tudor arch, oriel window

lyndhurst

red intreior, asymmetrical, stone, tracery

richard norman shaw

english queen anne, first to put electric lamp in english house

charles ashbee

part of art workers gild, mainly used silver

edwin godwin

japanese style, anglo style, simplicity and honesty in design