Victorian Furniture of the Middle Class :: Victorian Era

Victorian Furniture of the Middle sectionAccording to the Middle Class Victorians, less was definitely not to a greater extent. In fact, in the case of the Victorians, the more ostentatious and packed a mob was, the higher the status of that family. A house in the Victorian succession would most likely be cluttered until nothing else could fit. Not whole was there clutter, but the rooms were quite Acherontic with busily pattern wallpaper (Victorian Home Life Changes) and lots of gold garnishments.Fashions of Furniture and Their Influences ascendant in the 1830s, the first influences of Victorian furniture were from the English architect, Augustus Pugin. These were of the Neo-gothic Design (Sometimes more than is More) characterized by dark woods, pointed arches, medics and other Gothic cathedral carvings. By incorporating former influences from cathedrals, furniture represented morality in the Victorians lives (Sometimes More is More). A trefoil looks like a three-leaf clove r and is found in wooden furniture.By the 1850s, a new inspiration came from the Rococo Revival. This was a more romantic form (Sometimes More is More). It was characterized by swirling lines, natural motifs like fruit and flowers, and dark woods like mahogany, rosewood and black walnut (Sometimes More is More). The externalize came from France and included the use of not so dark wood and looked more natural. The Rococo Revival ended around 1870.Meanwhile, during that time period, around 1860 until 1880, the rebirth Revival took place. Instead of having expensive, richly made furniture, the Victorians merely began placing expensive additions to inexpensive, badly made furniture.During the 1850s, mass production of carpeting took place as sound as patterned wallpaper (Sometimes More is More.) This allowed the Victorians to decorate their houses with even more colors and clutter.Who Decorated the House and What Were Some Typical Pieces of Furniture stuff divans and couches were a staple in most middle class houses (Furniture).