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Maple & Co. became one of the most fashionable brands in Victorian and Edwardian Britain and supplied furniture and interior decoration to a number of high status individuals, including various strains of royal families. This list is a selection of particularly notable commissions held by Maple & Co. and the date of the commission.
Aldens was founded by Benjamin J. Rosenthal [1] in 1889 in Chicago under the name Chicago Mail Order and Millinery Company and was incorporated on December 15, 1902. [2] The company primarily sold fashion apparel and accessories for women and men via its catalog. [2] In 1906, the name was changed to Chicago Mail Order Company. [2]
If a trade catalog included illustrations, the items were commonly engraved or hand-drawn and replicated. Catalogs spread through trade, by travelers or traveling merchants. They contained lists of items from different places, with local catalogs advertising services.
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The silhouette changed once again as the Victorian era drew to a close. The shape was essentially an inverted triangle, with a wide-brimmed hat on top, a full upper body with puffed sleeves, no bustle, and a skirt that narrowed at the ankles [11] (the hobble skirt was a fad shortly after the end of the Victorian era). The enormous wide-brimmed ...
George Franklin Barber (July 31, 1854 – February 17, 1915) was an American architect known for the house designs he marketed worldwide through mail-order catalogs. Barber was one of the most successful residential architects of the late Victorian period in the United States, [4] and his plans were used for houses in all 50 U.S. states, and in nations as far away as Japan and the Philippines. [4]
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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 ...