Victorian Furniture and Homes

The Victorian age was a time of elaborate and elegant ideas including rich deep colours and texture. There was a great use of very bold, bright patterns which included styles as flocking, raised designs with velvety textures. It was also noted that there were some Victorian designs which were infused with the Asian-inspired pieces, some of which were folding screens. These showed strongly in their homes where wealthy people built gothic mansions of stone, which has a simple Greek feel to them. Their homes were very elaborate, ornamented and large complex homes. This was not only found in the homes but also in the furniture inside. Victorian designs were full of wealth, excess and luxury. 

This was done by the style of numerous curved, cluttered lines and complexity. For example richly textured upholstered chairs were carved decoratively with a lot of detailed gilding, ornate carvings and other lavished touches. With mechanization it was possible for middle classes to be able to afford objects traditionally associated with the rich. There was a great demand for furniture to be more just for show rather than actually good quality of workmanship which was often hidden by veneer and applied ornaments. It was full of ornamentation but poor quality and had a lot detailed and extravagant, elaborate in design which could feel messy and cluttered

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