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2. Eastlake movement - Wikipedia

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   The interior of the house reflects the Eastlake style in the mantel spindles, the ornate tile work surrounding the two fireplaces, 12-foot second story coved ceilings and other details. The wall cladding in the main house is a horizontal shiplap with vertical lapboard.

3. Victorian decorative arts - Wikipedia

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   Dante Gabriel Rossetti's drawing room at No. 16 Cheyne Walk, 1882, by Henry Treffry Dunn. Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a grand excess of ornament.

4. The Decoration of Houses - Wikipedia

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   The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In the book, the authors denounce Victorian-style interior decoration and interior design, especially rooms decorated with heavy window curtains, Victorian bric-a-brac and overstuffed furniture. They argue ...

5. A Definitive Guide to Victorian-Style Homes - AOL

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6. American Foursquare - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. Adam style - Wikipedia

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   Grand Neoclassical interior by Robert Adam, Syon House, London Details for Derby House in Grosvenor Square, an example of the Adam brothers' decorative designs. The Adam style (also called Adamesque or the Style of the Brothers Adam) is an 18th-century neoclassical style of interior design and architecture, as practised by Scottish architect William Adam and his sons, of whom Robert (1728 ...

8. Victorian house - Wikipedia

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   The brick chimney was a prominent feature in Victorian homes, consisting of a fireplace, chimney breast and chimney stack that protruded above the roof line to exhaust smoke. [4] Victorian houses were generally built in terraces or as detached houses. Building materials were brick or local stone.

9. This Virginia woman bought an ‘unlivable’ house for $16,500 ...

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   Betsy Sweeney bought a crumbling 130-year-old house for $16,500 in Wheeling, West Virginia and renovated it into a gorgeous historic home — complete with its original pocket doors, Victorian ...