Queen Anne Style - Table of Contents ............................. Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Queen Anne Style in Buffalo, NY - INTERIORS
1880-1910
Queen Anne interior features include the following:
Furniture
Queen Anne style furniture was in vogue 1725-1750, and also popular as part of Colonial Revival style 1880-1920. It was NOT in style during the late 1800s when Queen Anne style architecture was the dominant Victorian style architecture in America.The two dominant styles of furniture that were used in Queen Anne houses were the following:
- Eastlake 1870-1890
- Renaissance Revival style 1840-1890
Windows
- Sash windows
- Leaded and colored glass designs
Ceilings and walls
- Ceiling plaster roses/medallions continued from the Neoclassical period
- Ceilings could be painted, papered, tongue-and-groove boarded, or of tin in the secondary areas of the house
- Paneled wainscot
- Room cornices (crown molding), ideally 14 inches tall
Floors
- Parquet floors
- Floorcloths , especially in halls and kitchens
- Linoleum (introduced about 1860)
Fireplaces
- Glazed tiles with relief decoration
- Glazed tiles - Emilie C. Weber House
- Built-in cupboards
- With overmantels and robust combinations of display shelves, seats, decorative panels and works of art, making a complex ensemble that served as a focal point for the room
Staircases
- Stained glass in the landing
- Newel posts frequently featured a rosette motif
- Lengths of flights and number of landings experimented with
Misc.
- Built-in settles with an arched canopy
- Exotic Moorish-type arches with hanging lamps and Oriental rugs
For examples of Queen Anne interiors, see the following:
Text source: "The Elements of Style: An Practical Encyclopedia of Interior Architectural Details from 1485 to the Present," Stephen Calloway and Elizabeth Cromley, ed. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1991
