Visual Arts History 3387F/G Lecture Notes - 18 Stafford Terrace, East Aurora, New York, Sherlock Holmes Museum
11 Dec 2013
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Design during the victorian period: 221b baker street: sherlock holmes museum (london, england) example of a fictional interior from 1881-1904 invented a victorian interior. Mustard colour and dark red is a victorian colour combination. Mantle with many objects and a clock. Narrative details included in room which represented sherlock. Each object is arranged specifically to tell a story: paxton, crystal palace, 1851. Palace was expected to be removed after end of exhibition and not ruin any trees in the park while being built. Greenhouse feel industrial structure: exhibition-goers, 1851. Had cheap" days where lower class could go. Wealthy and poor didn"t mix well in public. Both classes could enjoy the same thing. People becoming consumers: pugin"s medieval court, 1851. Church-like interior: rise of interior design books. Hints on household taste, 1868/72 and eastlake furniture c. 1860- Houses were responsibility of women, therefore they were in charge of design. Machine-like decoration would be applied to furniture to create a floral pattern.
