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VICTORIAN
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ERAS Georgian 1714-1837 |
VICTORIAN ERA |
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DATE |
EVENT |
OR FAD |
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Victorian |
needlework, collecting, nature, traveling, |
art, the unusual and bizarre. |
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Majolica, Beleek, Parian ware china. |
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Maps, botanicals, photography. |
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Lithography, wood & steel engravings. |
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Commemoratives |
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Ancestry & family ties. |
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Collecting nature: nests, sea shells, pressed flowers, etc. |
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velvet in fashion and decorating |
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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 |
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1841 |
Prince of Wales (Edward VII) born |
1847 |
Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale (1820-1887) toured Britain |
Beginning of the Morman's westward movement |
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1849 |
Gold Rush |
Westward Emigration |
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1850's |
matching suites of furniture |
carpet |
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porcelains |
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Rococo floral dishes |
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asymmetry, clustering, eclectic decor |
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mid-1800s |
archaeological interest results in, among other things, an interest in snake jewelry |
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The Great Exhibition in England; the Crystal Palace |
1853 |
Crystal Palace Exposition, NY |
Majolica introduced |
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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 |
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1850-70 |
balloon-backed chairs popular |
men's facial hair a sign of masculinity, thus stylish |
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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 |
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ebonized furniture |
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1870-80's |
autograph books popular |
Renaissance Revival furniture |
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cult of rustic adornment |
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1876 |
Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition |
Japanese & Turkish items |
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national pride in American Victorian |
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Colonial Revival |
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1877 |
Victoria became Empress of India |
Indian Mutiny |
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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 |
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1888 |
Silver Wedding Anniversary of Prince & Princess of Wales |
1890's |
souvenir teaspoons |
Turkish themed corners a new decorating theme |
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china painting popular |
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trophies & presentation silver |
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first moving pictures |
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round oak pedestal tables, pressed back chairs, oak washstands |
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great land rushes in the US |
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NM & AZ still referred to as "the wild west" |
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Victorian vaseline (uranium) glass popular |
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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 |
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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
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