Dollhouse Girl Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 What color and style did most Victorian living room furniture have? here are some pieces that I found, but am not sure if they are victorian... 1. http://www.justminiaturescale.com/AZSC4636...ET4-P10045.aspx 2. http://www.justminiaturescale.com/AZSC4636...ET4-P10044.aspx 3. http://www.justminiaturescale.com/AZ02850-...-P9954C439.aspx 4. http://www.justminiaturescale.com/AZEYM097...P10030C439.aspx 5. http://www.justminiaturescale.com/AZT0101-...P10060C439.aspx 6. http://www.justminiaturescale.com/AZT0102-...P10061C439.aspx 7. http://www.justminiaturescale.com/AZT3400-...P10089C439.aspx ...which one do you think is the best? Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLyn M. Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 I really think the second one (orange) is the best example of Victorian.They seemed to have "doo-dads" on everything-and filled their homes up with plants,knick-knacks etc. so it's a wonder they could walk from room to room!Ha! I would try to pick a different color though-unless this fits with your color scheme!! Good luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 3, 5, 6, & 7 are all very nice. As Llyn said, your color scheme will dictate your choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muriel Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 I like 1, but no idea whether it is victorian style or not!! Not so fond of 5 and 6 as I don't like the unpadded bits. But no, haven't a clue about which is more victorian. Like 4 too Based on Kathie and Llyns answers I guess I don't like more victorian style! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 They all have their points. Are they all resin, or just some of them? If they're resin you can pick the one that speaks to you and paint it whatever cokor(s) will go with the room you use it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 All are Victorian style. Just so you know, #1-2-4 have been discontinued, and #7 has a different fabric now, a plaid, not very Victorian unless you're doing a Balmoral or hunting lodge look. Note: Victorians did not use coffee tables, they weren't invented yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin1056 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Note: Victorians did not use coffee tables, they weren't invented yet. wow interesting! ...i never noticed that from my 'far to many' reference pics.... its all higher ones I'm with Kathy...3,5,6 or 7 ...without the coffee tables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 What they did have were lamp tables (to hold the oil-buring parlor lamps) and teacarts and teatables. Also plant stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Here's something they did have, a parlor table. It was like a round dining room table, with a lamp in the center, right in the middle of the room. From pictures, I'd say it was usually 3 to 4 feet in diameter, sometimes smaller.They used to pull chairs up to it for evening activities like reading, playing games, sewing, etc. Illustrations: 1- 1900, old fashioned farmhouse parlor http://picasaweb.google.com/grazhe/VICTORI...100674990014482 2- 1860 http://picasaweb.google.com/grazhe/VICTORI...100767165612050 3-a parlor in Willowbrook Village museum, Maine http://picasaweb.google.com/grazhe/VICTORI...690041474871106 4-Greek Revival parlor http://picasaweb.google.com/grazhe/VICTORI...100811127357458 5-1840 http://picasaweb.google.com/grazhe/VICTORI...100904612167698 6-1848 http://picasaweb.google.com/grazhe/VICTORI...100915340935186 7-1892. a more modern looking square version of a parlor table http://picasaweb.google.com/grazhe/VICTORI...100991792349202 8- 1880 back parlor http://picasaweb.google.com/grazhe/VICTORI...101003242799122 9- the Red Room, White House 1860's http://picasaweb.google.com/grazhe/VICTORI...101456233660434 I've got more pictures, but this'll do. I hope I didn't mix up the links, i did towards the end there, but I think I got them straightened out. There are captions under the pictures anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 One of the projects I keep threatening to make is a display table, the library-table-type piece with the removable glass top that was lined with either felt or velvet to hold Dad's/ Granddad's prized bug collection or the family's collection of rocks/ shells/ Indian artifacts from the last vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin1056 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 thanks for those pics Grazhina...am working on the beacon parlour and have just removed the coffee table and will rearrange the furniture Holly i am doing one of those as we type!!! how funny...this topic has been loads of help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Linda, I want to see it when it's done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollhouse Girl Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 Thanks SO much everyone! I am thinking about going with either 5 or 6... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tappy Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I have set #6, it is pretty big and the colors are little lighter than the photo--the upholstery is sort of dark coral, and the wood is brighter 'mahogany' as well, more like the front apron section on the cocktail table in the photo. Tappy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Dollhouse girl, I sent you a PM, let me know if you didn't get it, my sent messages folder has nothing in it, so I'm not sure if it went out Sometimes I feel like such a ditz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricia b Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 All are Victorian style. Just so you know, #1-2-4 have been discontinued, and #7 has a different fabric now, a plaid, not very Victorian unless you're doing a Balmoral or hunting lodge look. Note: Victorians did not use coffee tables, they weren't invented yet. Just what I was thinking..(re coffee tables). Glad to hear I wasn't mistaken. I believe they did have tables in the parlour, but they were high=legged, not cut low. I must be a victorian at heart, I absolutely hate coffee tables, and have never had one in my RL home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muriel Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Lol Patricia, the only time we've had a coffee table was just an excuse to keep one of the dollhouses. And it is only a coffee table in name, really it is a footstool (when it is in the middle of the room anyway - often it has another dollhouse on it, or two currently!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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