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George Gilbert Scott, Recollections, p. 86. One of the main driving forces for the restoration of churches was the Cambridge Camden Society (CCS), which was founded in 1839 by two Cambridge undergraduates, John Mason Neale and Benjamin Webb, as a club for those who shared a common interest in Gothic church design. It rapidly became popular: its membership increased from 8 to 180 in its first ...
Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction. However, many elements of what is typically termed "Victorian" architecture did ...
A couple with a small budget attempt to transform a Nebo Chapel, a Victorian chapel in Nebo, Hirwaun, in the Welsh valleys. [19] To better understand Nebo Chapel's philosophical and architectural antecedents, Kieran Long visits St Paul's, Covent Garden and the Royal Institute of British Architects in London and two Welsh chapels, Maesyronnen ...
The Eastlake movement was a nineteenth-century architectural and household design reform movement started by British architect and writer Charles Eastlake (1836–1906). The movement is generally considered part of the late Victorian period in terms of broad antique furniture designations.
In the late 19th century, the Cherry family made alterations to the building, replacing some of the house's original porticoes with woodwork of Victorian design. The next owner, Bob Guinn, undertook in 1935–36 to restore the porticoes to their original design, based on recollections of living members of the Cherry family.
The house, after production had ceased on The Munsters Today, appeared in many films and TV shows again – including The 'Burbs, Dragnet and on the TV series Coach starring Craig T. Nelson. In the mid-2000s, for the second season of Desperate Housewives , the second floor was demolished and all of the remaining architectural details on the ...
During the social upheaval of 2020 all many antiques insiders were hearing about were Gee’s Bend quilts—the narrative patchworks made by a society of Black women in Gee’s Bend, Alabama.
The American Foursquare or "Prairie Box" was a post-Victorian style, which shared many features with the Prairie architecture pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright.. During the early 1900s and 1910s, Wright even designed his own variations on the Foursquare, including the Robert M. Lamp House, "A Fireproof House for $5000", and several two-story models for American System-Built Homes.