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VICTORIAN

TIMELINE

 

ERAS

Georgian  1714-1837
Early Victorian  1837-1860
Mid-Victorian  1860-1880
Late Victorian  1880-1901
Art Nouveau  1880-1914
Arts and Crafts  1890-1914
Edwardian  1901-1910
Art Deco  1920-1940
Retro  1935-1950
 

 

 

VICTORIAN ERA

DATE

EVENT

OR FAD

Victorian

needlework, collecting, nature, traveling,

art, the unusual and bizarre.

Majolica, Beleek, Parian ware china.

Maps, botanicals, photography.

Lithography, wood & steel engravings.

Commemoratives

Ancestry & family ties.

Collecting nature: nests, sea shells, pressed flowers, etc.

velvet in fashion and decorating

1819

Victoria, future queen, born

1820-30's

first Victorian pressed glass

1837-1901

Victoria's reign

1838

transfer printed pottery became popular

1839

photography invented

1840

Victoria married her cousin Albert of Saxe-Cobourg & Gotha

Princess Victoria born

1841

Prince of Wales (Edward VII) born

1847

Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale (1820-1887) toured Britain

Beginning of the Morman's westward movement

1849

Gold Rush

Westward Emigration

1850's

matching suites of furniture

carpet

porcelains

Rococo floral dishes

asymmetry, clustering, eclectic decor

mid-1800s

archaeological interest results in, among other things, an interest in snake jewelry


1851

The Great Exhibition in England; the Crystal Palace

1853

Crystal Palace Exposition, NY

Majolica introduced

1854

Crimean War; England & France against Russia

1850-60's

paisley shawls popular

1858

Princess Victoria wed Fredrick III of Prussia

1860

tintypes replaced daguerreotypes in popularity

1861

death of Prince Albert

mourning jewelry popularized by Queen Victorian & the American Civil War

1850-70

balloon-backed chairs popular

men's facial hair a sign of masculinity, thus stylish

1861-

Civil War

1862

Victoria's Silver Jubilee

1863

Albert, Prince of Wales married Princess Alexandra of Denmark

1867

stereoscope invented

1870's

blue & white china

Japanseque craze

ebonized furniture

1870-80's

autograph books popular

Renaissance Revival furniture

cult of rustic adornment

1876

Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition

Japanese & Turkish items

national pride in American Victorian

Colonial Revival

1877

Victoria became Empress of India

Indian Mutiny

1879

Zulu War

1880

Railroad Time standardized

1880's

home library a status symbol

1887

Victoria's Golden Jubilee

progression to colored transferware rather than black & white

1888

Silver Wedding Anniversary of Prince & Princess of Wales

1890's

souvenir teaspoons

Turkish themed corners a new decorating theme

china painting popular

trophies & presentation silver

first moving pictures

round oak pedestal tables, pressed back chairs, oak washstands

great land rushes in the US

NM & AZ still referred to as "the wild west"

Victorian vaseline (uranium) glass popular

1891

McKinley Tariff Act: china must be marked w/name of country of orgin

1892

Favrile iridescent glassware introduced by L.C. Tiffany

1897

Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

Fred Harvey opened Harvey Houses

1893

World's Columbia Exposition, Chicago

1899-1902

Boer War; Africa

1880's-1915

American brilliant cut glass

1871-1914 Belle Epoch in Europe- lyrical romantic era, neo-classic influence of Pompeii

1901

death of Queen Victoria

1902

Prince of Wales Coronation

1910

Prince of Wales death

 

SOURCES: 

"Warman's Jewelry, 2nd Edition" by Christie Romero
"Old Jewelry" by Jeanenne Bell
"Antique Jewelry, the Buyer's Guide to Affordable" by Anna M. Miller
"Antique Jewelry, the Official Identification Guide to" by Arthur Guy Kaplan
.... and other friends and collectors!

 

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THIS DATELINE, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO JEWELRY AND FASHION TRENDS.


 


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