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Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a grand excess of ornament. The Victorian era is known for its interpretation and eclectic revival of historic styles mixed with the introduction of Asian and Middle Eastern influences in furniture, fittings, and interior decoration .
A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained, and an alternative name for a living room. The name is derived from the 16th-century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber , which remained in use through the 17th century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. [ 1 ]
Interior of the Drawing Room, Mar Lodge: Author: National Galleries of Scotland Commons from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK: Permission (Reusing this file) National Galleries of Scotland Commons @ Flickr Commons
This drawing room by Kate Figler is inspired by one of the world's most famous paintings (Hint: It's fit for a goddess).
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The Anglo-Japanese style developed in the United Kingdom through the Victorian era and early Edwardian era from approximately 1851 to the 1910s, when a new appreciation for Japanese design and culture influenced how designers and craftspeople made British art, especially the decorative arts and architecture of England, covering a vast array of art objects including ceramics, furniture and ...
The Gold Drawing Room was designed by Alexander Briullov in 1841. Like the adjoining The White Hall, it is the ceremonial part of Alexander II's apartments. The Throne Room of the Munich Residenz [2] was the model for the design of The Gold Drawing Room. All walls and pylons were covered with fine ornaments and covered with gilding. A low panel ...
The publication name was changed to Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion for 1855, after managing editor Maturin Murray Ballou bought out the interest of Gleason. The first issue as Ballou's was 6 January 1855. The magazine absorbed the Illustrated News of New York in 1853. It ceased publication in 1859. [1]