Victorian Sentence Examples

Hence it is also called the Victorian Period.

After parking his vehicle—no easy chore with the summer traffic—he entered the beautiful and ornate Victorian hotel.

The mood was Victorian, and the music was classic.

The hundred-year-old Victorian building contained nine rentable rooms, each with a private bath.

The Southern Ocean system of the Victorian Dividing Range hardly attains to the dignity of high mountains.

The extent of her benefactions during her long and active life can only be briefly indicated; but the baroness must remain a striking figure in the social history of Victorian England, for the thoughtful and conscientious care with which she "held her wealth in trust" for innumerable good objects.

They all enjoyed the Main Street eatery, next to the newly renovated Beaumont Hotel, the queen's-castle of the Victorian town.

In New South Wales, but close to the Victorian border, are found the loftiest peaks of Australia, Mount Kosciusco and Mount Townsend, rising to heights of 7328 and 7260 ft.

The Victorian County Histories (Constable) may also be consulted.

The two had gradually fallen in love, married, scraped together funds, and together with Fred O'Connor, purchased a hundred-year-old Colorado Victorian home.

The Journal of Australasia (1856-1858), the Australian Monthly Magazine (1865-1867), which contained contributions from Marcus Clarke and was continued as the Colonial Monthly (1867-1869), the Melbourne Review (1876-1885) and the Victorian Review (1879-1886) may also be mentioned.

If we go back in imagination to the beginning of the Victorian era and ask what was then known of the history of Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Asia Minor, we find ourselves confronted with a startling paucity of knowledge.

It would have been a bold, not to say a reckless, dreamer who dared predict that any future researches could restore to us the lost knowledge that had been forgotten for more than two millenniums. Yet the Victorian era was scarcely ushered in before the work of rehabilitation began, which was to lead to the most astounding discoveries and to an altogether unprecedented extension of historical knowledge.

Essentially the child of the Gothic revival, he had put an ineffaceable stamp on Victorian ornament and design, his place being that of a follower of Ruskin and Pugin, but with a greater practical influence than either.

Grace Darling would become the first heroine of the Victorian age.

Seefar, Porthleven Seefar is a traditional Cornish Victorian house built in the 1860's from which you can see a long way.

The sea does not appear to have extended completely across Australia, breaking it into halves, for a projection from the Archean plateau of Western Australia extended as far east as the South Australian highlands, and thence probably continued eastward, till it joined the Victorian highlands.

Like many of Ouray's Victorian buildings, it had previously housed a variety of mercantile businesses—a dry goods establishment, a drug store— during the times the town was a thriving, self-sustained community.

After parking his vehicle—no easy chore with the summer traffic—he entered the beautiful and ornate Victorian hotel.

The warmth of the evening chased out Bird Song's guests—all non-dieters probably queuing up for ice cream, or maybe simply promenading the Victorian village streets as alpenglow painted the surrounding peaks in pink.

They didn't have calculators in Victorian schools, but they did have the abacus!

Victorian thinkers called it the ' great chasm ' or the ' fathomless abyss ' .

A converted sail shed now houses a stylish tea room and Edwardian and Victorian antiques are to be found in the old engine house.

The ancient font offsets what appear to be Victorian arcades.

They seem to have attempted a country kitchen theme, ignoring the fine late Victorian architecture of the place.

This movement attempted to develop an alternative to the Victorian practice of placing people with epilepsy in mental asylums.

The ancient beech avenue was planted over 100 years ago during the Victorian restoration of the house.

Rare surviving example of a cast iron Victorian bandstand.

It was frequently used in Victorian carpet bedding schemes.

Both have Victorian brass and cast iron bedsteads, with interior sprung mattresses, made up with crisp white cotton bedding.

Victorian and Edwardian Britain is strewn with the evidence of philanthropic and state benefaction.

But in the midst of all the building work, one little Victorian boathouse survived, overgrown but untouched by all the surrounding changes.

A Victorian mahogany cylinder bureau bookcase realized a price of £ 1,550 against an estimate of £ 800-£1000.

Synopsis Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker is remembered as an eminent Victorian botanist and traveler, and one of Charles Darwin's closest collaborators.

Victorian elegance and its central location might tempt you to dine in the hotel's brasserie before popping out for drinks later.

This site of a former Victorian brewery in Edinburgh is now occupied by a leisure complex.

A very sweet antique Victorian brooch, dating to circa 1880.

The building can be seen in Alfred Hitchcock's " Frenzy " and was originally a Victorian brothel!

The many fine Victorian buildings in Wolverhampton are testimony to the prosperity of the town in the 19th century.

Throughout the entire weekend a Victorian carousel will be situated in the grounds for children aged 3-10 to ride.

Underneath the abandoned Victorian cast iron canopies Claire Morgan suspended hundreds of pieces of shattered glass to make five separate forms.

Finally, step up into the wholly Victorian chancel.

The magnificent Victorian crystal chandelier sets the right tone for an evening of splendor.

Charades In Victorian times, before television and the Internet, no Christmas Day was complete without a game of charades In Victorian times, before television and the Internet, no Christmas Day was complete without a game of charades.

Victorian charmer the highlight the lobby to help start is the borgata.

Charterhouse through the ages is discovered; medieval, victorian and roman charterhouse periods.. .

A very sweet English antique Victorian mother of pearl shell belt buckle, perfect for customizing your vintage chic or antique chic outfits.

Wolverhampton had been visited by many famous Victorian circuses and menageries but had never seen anything on this scale.

The earlier villas were completed in Regency cottage style, which was later to give way to mid and early Victorian Palladian classicism.

The six pages are a response to doubts about his theory expressed by the campaigning Victorian clergyman the Rev William Denton.

Victorian Style cloche Product information The Victorian cloche is an exact replica of those used in the 18th and 19th centuries.

No talk about Victorian combinatorics would be complete without a mention of map coloring, and in particular the celebrated four-colour problem.

And they almost certainly are, for what we have here is a Victorian confection.

The best properties surround the park where grand Victorian conversions predominate.

A fantastic English antique Victorian copper hot water bottle or bed warmer, with original early celluloid plastic screw top.

A classmate of mine gave a presentation on two scholarly articles, both offering different theories on the meaning of the Victorian corset.

But Rab Butler genuinely believed that there should be a relaxation in laws which he once described as ' Victorian corsetry ' .

Hecat the Witch Queen battles with Love Goddess Venus in a Victorian courtroom to expose the Seven Deadly Sins in Shakespeare.

Like her elder cousin Lizzie has ambition and the will to go against the conventions of her Victorian peers.

It's a revival, in some ways, of the old credo of the Victorian ruling class.

Some witnesses describe her as being in ` a gray Victorian dress `, other that the gown is a black crinoline.

A Victorian silver oval cruet stand with embossed foliate and floral scrolls, molded scroll rim and central handle.

Our historic Victorian Theater can accommodate a dinner dance for 200 or a drinks reception for 400.

The Victorian distinction between the worthy and unworthy poor is simple transferred to the twenty first century deportee.

The house was built on the old vegetable garden of the vicarage that was the home of the Victorian diarist the Rev. Francis Kilvert.

Footsteps into History are evening walks through The Historic dockyard, the world's most complete dockyard from the Georgian and Victorian periods.

You'll see the 15th century dovecote and Victorian Summerhouse.

But some historians feel that the spring was probably mythical and the present monument on the site is a Victorian drinking fountain.

The Chapel of St Barbara is a fine Victorian building, recently refurbished and the only fully ecumenical chapel in the Royal Navy.

But of course we don't, and eagerly embrace old and new photos of the supernatural with as much gullibility as any Victorian.

The reviews listed below relate to the Victorian era.

Despite this key difference, we see that both characters are fairly erudite Victorian women.

Lynton, set on the cliffs above, can be reached by water-operated cliff railroad from the Victorian esplanade.

We saw people which wore Victorian clothes, shops and a Victorian fairground.

Hendre is a Grade 2* listed Victorian farmyard located between the sea and the mountains on the beautiful North Wales coast.

Why does one Victorian murderer still exert such world-wide fascination in an age hardly short of its own violent crimes?

Ascog Hall fernery and Garden Isle of Bute Award-winning restored Victorian fernery and gardens... .

The Victorian authors were the worst for this, romantic fiction often glossing out the few true known facts.

The original Victorian fireplaces were still in position in every room.

Georgian and Victorian London was devastated in WWII - huge swathes of the center and the East End were totally flattened.

Take her out to a local fort or a Victorian folly.

In the Victorian era it was partly demolished to provide building material for a garden folly in the manor grounds.

Compared to their Victorian forebears, today's local administrations lack the powers to govern in the round.

The issues For the past 150 years successive generations at Amport have had reason to be grateful to our Victorian forefathers.

The house was extended in the 1870s is now a mixture of Victorian Gothic, medieval Gothic and 18th century fortification styles.

There will also be plenty of attractions to keep children amused including a traditional Victorian funfair.

The 23 guest rooms are located in the manor house, pool annex or Victorian cottage and are well appointed with handcrafted furniture.

In the parlor the table is set for afternoon tea and there is a rosewood piano a sure sign of Victorian gentility!

He traveled from the Victorian suburban gentility of Kingston-upon-Thames to the wild California of the 1870s.

The glory of the gardens must be the splendid Victorian glasshouses which have been lovingly restored, a unique feature.

This is the cane which made the Victorian governess a figure to be instantly obeyed.

This lovely Victorian child's underskirt made from white cotton was designed to be worn under a long and ornate christening gown.

Kingsway Guest House, Edinburgh Heather and Ian welcome you to our Victorian guesthouse.

Its position was changed in Victorian times, but water still gushes there from a mossy lion's mouth.

Is this the audition where they gave you a dodgy haircut to make you look like a Victorian orphan?

There is a page giving guidance on reading Victorian handwriting.

Opposite the shops on the village green, is a Victorian church, standing on the windswept headland.

Even prior to its Victorian heyday, Dundee was a town of considerable importance.

Topics include the Victorian terraced house and its development and the architectural elements of the Victorian interior.

Hmmm sounds a bit like victorian England come back huh?

The Pagets were a particularly illustrious and respected Victorian dynasty.

It indicts the brutalisation and wastefulness of Victorian industrialism, and envisions the world as it might be.

Romans, Vikings, highwaymen and Victorian industrialists to name just a few.

In fact it is tin, stained to resemble wood a fine example of Victorian ingenuity.

Part of the hotel was originally an old drovers ' inn, however the majority of the hotel was built during the Victorian era.

Probably derived from painted kitchen stools sold in Victorian ironmongers.

In 1967 this masterpiece of Victorian ironwork fell victim to fashionable prejudice and, despite a national outcry, was dismantled.

Between is a priest's door with ornate molding and a Tudor head; lower jambs on both sides renewed in Victorian period.

Above are two Victorian lancets in surround of Fabric ' B ' .

The Victorian letterbox was brought into use in 1856, the first all-metal design.

Like Victorian lockets, they are made to be carried close to the body, rather than framed and fixed to the wall.

Victorian Tearooms - Enjoy a delicious clotted cream tea served by our friendly Victorian maids.

They then made mannequins using man- made fabrics for modern uniforms and cottons for the Victorian clothes.

We're in one, a handsome Victorian manse where we are in comfortable rooms.

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Also provides educational services for schools, topics covering medieval to Victorian periods, includes interactive workshops.

The present church is mainly medieval with Elizabethan and Victorian additions.

An architect, he was perhaps the leading apostle of Victorian medievalism, along with William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite painters.

To end the show, once again showing tremendous versatility, the oldest group presented a Victorian melodrama - THE BLACK HEARTED VILLAIN.

On a picnic they're brought together in the true style of Victorian melodrama.

At first this story reads like a classic Victorian melodrama, rather reminiscent of a Sherlock Holmes tale.

This charming Victorian house is surrounded by open moorland yet only a 5 minute walk to the village pub!

Anyway, his attitude to sexual morality may have caused a Victorian eyebrow or two to rise.

See the story of Maiden Castle and walk on roman mosaics in the atmospheric Victorian Hall.

She was brought back to England and imprisoned alongside the celebrated Victorian murderess, Florence Maybrick.

Victorian music hall was an entertainment a bit like today's theater, but much more rowdy!

There is also a Victorian naturalist 's study in the Natural History Gallery.

Another favorite of many visitors is a walk around the Broderie Italian Garden which is sunken to allow unspoiled views from the Victorian orangery.

Popular little gin palace, which has preserved its classic Victorian decor.

In Victorian times replacing the stone parapets with cast iron, themselves replaced with masonry in the 1920's.

That'll make some and flushes combined bonus quads in Victorian parlor and more.

The large walled garden has been restored to its 18 th -century formal design and has a Victorian parterre and yew walk.

Later additions include a restored Victorian parterre at the rear of the house.

It has one of the finest Victorian gardens in Britain with a colorful parterre, statuary, walks, and views.

On one level, Joseph O'Connor's novel is a clever Victorian pastiche.

Perhaps, like me, you're a high-powered executive, Army officer, judge, or simply a stern, Victorian paterfamilias.

Today, the gardens are listed by English Heritage as a Grade II site and contain three restored Victorian glass pavilions with connecting walkways.

Well, they had to report on Victoria Park at a lovely Victorian pavilion.

The source of the water was sealed in Victorian times in a massive round marble pedestal which was decorated with mosaic stones.

There are also a few Victorian pine pews, easily identifiable.

John Rennie The Victorian philanthropists came to their calling by a number of routes.

These fall essentially into three pairs, the first of which is concerned with the provision and the receipt of late Victorian musical philanthropy.

Lots of lovely MG's against the backdrop of Englands oldest, restored Victorian pier at Clevedon.

Odd structure half a mile offshore turned out to be the end of the long gone Victorian pier.

The interior of the mill has stone-flagged floors supported by Victorian cast-iron pillars and low brick arches with iron hoops.

The building features decorative plasterwork with scrolls and caryatids, and is one of the countries finest examples of a Victorian theater.

Near the middle of this park is a series of Victorian lily ponds, which were added in 1902.

We can also offer wooden Victorian style hand carts from which are sold freshly spun candy floss and just cooked sweet caramel popcorn.

Weston is typical of a British Victorian holiday center with piers, amusements, saucy postcards and donkeys giving children rides along the beach.

It is home to over 30 buildings ranging from a replica Iron Age House to Victorian agricultural buildings and a 1940s prefab.

When the Victorian part was built there was a gothic revival and the angels are almost Pre-Raphaelite.

Given the extremes of Victorian prudery over anything bodily, let alone sex, this would make ideal " entertainment " material.

Many manuscript books of popular psalmody were deliberately destroyed by Victorian reformers.

The Influence of the Church The Victorian age is quite famous for its almost puritanical outlook.

The fine example of a Victorian rectory dated 1876 stands in secluded grounds with mature trees which provide a haven for wildlife.

The area has been extensively redeveloped around it, except for some very Victorian houses.

Further east and slightly behind is the Victorian dome that houses the 28-inch refractor, the observatory's largest instrument.

The path leads to All Saints Parish Church, a building with Norman origins, but extensively remodeled in Victorian times.

In 1961, the Victorian reredos was removed from the sanctuary of St Mary, to enable a repair to the east wall.

It conceals one of the most atmospheric Victorian restorations in East Anglia.

Guarding the entrance to the Victorian chancel is one of the best 15th century rood screens in the area.

The Victorian Glasgow Botanic Gardens conservatory the largest in Britain is a double-glazing salesman 's wet dream.

From Victorian samplers to bookmarks, stitch something you like!

Natural theology was the indispensable medium through which early Victorian savants broadcast their messages.

There is a Victorian watercolor that shows the schoolhouse and green as it was in 1860.

A former Victorian schoolhouse dating from around the 1890s the original building has been extended to create a large family home.

Step back in time as you enter the Victorian schoolroom and the re-constructed pit village.

They can even find out what life may have been like for their contemporaries in the Victorian schoolroom!

I would recommend this book to those with an interest in Victorian literature and early science fiction.

Victorian Kitchen at Brodie Castle Open Curling Hall, a large mansion overlooking the seafront at Largs, was built in 1812.

Brighton and Hove combine to offer Regency and Georgian grandeur, miles of Victorian seafront and social life opportunities rarely found outside central London.

There was an aquarium here in Victorian times - they used to bring the seawater for the tanks up from Brighton on the train!

He was a veritable model of the Victorian self-made man, with a seemingly selfless devotion to public service.

From Victorian terraces to well-proportioned 1930's semis, and from medieval cottages to country mansions, all houses have a story to tell.

Large Victorian mansions frame Beddington Park, while the rest of the town offers mid-war semis and terraces in neat tree lined toads.

London's Victorian sewers A modern sewer system has two sewer pipes.

In Houston, there's a huge Victorian storm sewer that empties into Buffalo Bayou.

Near the clock is a Victorian oak hall sideboard.

She appears as the supremely glamorous Astonishing Voodoo Priestess (very popular in Victorian sideshows, along with cannibal queens ).

The Victorian slums were cleared away in a project which ran from 1969 for the next decade.

The house was built in 1740 and oozes Georgian splendor and Victorian charm.

Q. What were the Victorian ideas for containing sprawl and encouraging growth?

The building of large steamships meant that the port had to adapt to the changing technologies of the Victorian age.

Retrospectively, neon seems as stodgy as the carving on a Victorian town hall.

Despite its central position the elegant Victorian town house, built in 1862, is in an extremely quiet side street.

Victorian style summerhouse to remain with block paved surrounding seating area.

The old coffee tavern next to the Post Office building came down along with the main station building including its Victorian arches.

Victorian taxidermy was the font of the idea that we can explore, understand and tame the species that we share the world with.

Peers also alludes to the greater efforts to encourage temperance in the late Victorian army.

The Oriental Institute has an annex in a Victorian terrace on St John's Street.

It has been a very popular visitor destination since Victorian times when the railways brought the first tourists to see The Trossachs.

Take a walk along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath through the Weavers ' Triangle - a well preserved Victorian industrial townscape.

The real Jack the Ripper killings have gripped people's imaginations for over a century while exposing the dark underbelly of Victorian England.

The building of Southwark station was governed by the Victorian main line railroad viaduct directly above.

The large Victorian vicarage next to the church survived in 1977.

At 3.30pm, a few hundred gathered among the Victorian buildings of the city's George Square to mount a vigil.

Garden areas include the terraced Fountain Court and the Walled Garden with its redesigned pleasure garden and impressive reconstructed Victorian vinery.

The Victorian moral reformer could look with sympathy upon the poverty of the poor waif who stole a loaf of bread.

Or you could explore the Millgate Museum, housed in a Victorian warehouse on the banks of the River Trent.

Tees Cottage Pumping Station is a Victorian waterworks in Darlington in the North East of England which began supplying water to Darlington in 1849.

For he wore a pair of long, luxuriant black whiskers such as haven't been seen since Victorian times.

Visit the pit-head baths and the Victorian steam winder.

It was everyone's idea of what a Victorian workhouse should look like.

The society publishes a thrice yearly journal, ' The Victorian ' .

The former visit was commemorated by the institution of the Australia Cup, presented to the Imperial Bowling Association (and now the property of the English B.A.) by Mr Charles Wood, president of the Victorian Bowling Association.

Intrusions of granitic massifs in the Devonian period formed the primitive mountain axis of Victoria, which extends east and west across the state and forms the nucleus of the Victorian highlands.

He was educated at the university of Melbourne and was called to the Victorian bar in 1877; but before that date he had already worked as a journalist, and he continued to contribute frequently to the press, especially to the Melbourne Age.

The church was rebuilt and a massive granite tower erected over the intervening aisles at the cost of the municipality, a new peal of 36 bells, cast in Holland, being installed to commemorate the Victorian jubilee of 1887.

The queens own life is dealt with elsewhere (see VICTORIA, QUEEN), but the Victorian era is deeply marked in English history.

The king himself (see EDWARD VII.), who nobly earned the title of Edward the Peacemaker, played no small part in the domestic and international politics of these years; and contemporary publicists,whohadbecomeaccustomedto Victorian traditions, gradually realized that, within the limits of the constitutional monarchy, there was much more scope for the initiative of a masculine sovereign in public life than had been supposed by the generation which grew up after the death of his father in 1862.

Tonally, the Victorian organs are robust, with at least two complete manual choruses and mainly quint mixtures.

On Radio 4, Melvyn Bragg recently discussed the Victorian realist novel.

The fine example of a Victorian Rectory dated 1876 stands in secluded grounds with mature trees which provide a haven for wildlife.

Further east and slightly behind is the Victorian dome that houses the 28-inch refractor, the observatory 's largest instrument.

During refurbishment in 2005, the hotel has retained the original victorian charm and character.

A manual pump, the rusted metal seemingly dating to the Victorian era, sat in the shallows.

Displays include Victorian Welsh farmhouse kitchen and saddler 's workshop.

From Victorian samplers to bookmarks, stitch something you like !

The old Victorian schoolroom attached to the church is now the village hall and a kitchen and toilet facilities recently added.

They can even find out what life may have been like for their contemporaries in the Victorian schoolroom !

Hotels The Westcliff Hotel is a Victorian Hotel, close to the seafront with spectacular views over the Thames Estuary.

There was an aquarium here in Victorian times - they used to bring the seawater for the tanks up from Brighton on the train !

London 's Victorian sewers A modern sewer system has two sewer pipes.

In Houston, there 's a huge Victorian storm sewer that empties into Buffalo Bayou.

A portrait of the Victorian age, indeed any age, must show the dirty linen under the shining armor.

She appears as the supremely glamorous Astonishing Voodoo Priestess (very popular in Victorian sideshows, along with cannibal queens).

Situated in the heart of charming Arundel, The Swan Hotel has been lovingly restored to its former Victorian period elegance.

For example, a Victorian patron might donate to his local museum or gallery sketchbooks filled on his holidays at seaside resorts.

Square-headed east window of Victorian stone has three trefoiled lights under round heads, and the spandrels filled with smaller lights; simple hoodmould.

The Great mound The great mound at Taplow today lies adjacent to Taplow Court, the splendid Victorian mansion, seen in the background.

There 's the fairytale splendor of a Victorian Palace.

The furnishings in the Victorian room show some of the splendor of the Victorian era.

Victorian Values Friday 19th November 2004 Victorian family houses are characterful and spacious, but not all have the spotless reputation you might expect.

What was a typical day for a suburban Victorian housewife of 1890?

As later immigration patterns developed, a beautiful Victorian synagogue was built in the house by Jewish families.

Hayle Cottage - Victorian terraced cottage overlooking the dunes, ideal for a quiet holiday.

The Oriental Institute has an annex in a Victorian terrace on St John 's Street.

The tithing system by all local residents to their parish church was only abolished by Parliament in Victorian times.

This freestanding chest sits on tulip shaped feet which is a feature throughout the Victorian range from village pine.

The real Jack the Ripper killings have gripped people 's imaginations for over a century while exposing the dark underbelly of Victorian England.

Victorian Attitude It is a dangerous occupation for a woman to have and the work they do is undervalued by society.

Bible ban uproar BIBLES have been banished from Victorian hospital bedsides and some schools because they may offend non-Christians.

Like The Victorian style, it is versatile enough to cope with internal and external corners.

Our Price £ 160.00 m653sm Victorian vesta case with enclosed striker and cigar cutter in silver dated 1878 and monogrammed J.W.Naylor Leeds.Makers mark RT.

At 3.30pm, a few hundred gathered among the Victorian buildings of the city 's George Square to mount a vigil.

Garden areas include the terraced Fountain Court and the Walled Garden with its redesigned pleasure garden and impressive reconstructed Victorian Vinery.

For he wore a pair of long, luxuriant black whiskers such as have n't been seen since Victorian times.

It became famous for political whitebait dinners for the Liberal party in Victorian times.

Popular items are the French style cream metal furniture, and the Victorian wirework furniture, shelves, planters, candle sconces and trays.

It was everyone 's idea of what a Victorian workhouse should look like.

The workmen 's huts are based on photographs of Victorian railways being constructed.

The society publishes a thrice yearly journal, ' The Victorian '.

The Victorian visage of the old building brought back happy childhood memories for the elderly woman.

A highly stylized minimal design steel and glass lamp will definitely look weird when placed in a room with Victorian styled furniture.

Victorian style bird cages are usually ornate cages with unusual designs reminiscent of the Victorian era.

If you want the special Victorian and Historical metal roofing or want to acquire Energy Star compliant "Green" roofing, they deal in that also.

The book has Victorian charm and character and it includes a stunning pop-up at the end of the story.

A Victorian home makes the perfect setting for the wonders of the holiday season the characters in the book experience.

Morris sought to reinstate the traditional quality and craftsmanship in England that had somehow been swallowed up by the sometimes overbearingly ornate style of Victorian furniture.

Simple lines-Instead of the ornate, carved furniture of the Victorian period, the Mission style incorporates a simple look.

Drop leaf dining room tables come in all sorts of styles, from Victorian, to Arts and Crafts, to modern.

Its simple but elegant lines could work in traditional, Victorian, and French-themed rooms among others.

Designers use common terms for decorating styles such as contemporary, modern, rustic, Asian, Southwestern, cottage, country, Victorian, eclectic, green or eco-friendly and the list goes on.

Contemporary style is less elaborate and embellished than furniture that would be considered Victorian.

This style is very feminine and often close to Victorian except that the colors are generally light and bright as opposed to some of the dark and Gothic looks common in Victorian furniture.

Hornibrook Mansion in Arkansas, also known as The Empress of Little Rock, is one of the most impressive displays of Victorian and Queen Anne style design left in America.

The home was designed in Queen Anne Victorian and Gothic style.

Victorian style is characterized by dark finished woods, like mahogany and walnut, intricate floral patterns and strong, bold colors.

Lyndhurst is especially popular during the holiday season when the manor house and grounds are decorated with thousands of lights, decorated Christmas trees, and other Victorian holiday adornments.

Naperville is known for its historic district, filled with elegant Victorian homes, such as the one pictured above.

If your style is more traditional, then check out Thomasville bedding luxury spreads that fit with French country, cottage, Victorian, and other classic design themes.

Lace or embroidered doilies are especially appropriate for a Victorian style room or cottage design.

If you want a Christmas tree that looks like it stepped off the pages of a Victorian novel, then an old world style Christmas tree might be right for you.

Lush and vibrant Victorian decorating is the perfect choice if you are looking for an interior design style with real unique flair.

Both dramatic and charming, decorating your home in Victorian style will have heads turning.

The Victorian period of history (loosely defined as the 19th century and centered in Britain) is a study in contradictions.

Practical living according to a strict moral code became the way of the Victorian period.

You'd never know it by looking at Victorian design.

The second event that was important to Victorian decorating was the great boom of British colonization.

Most historians divide the Victorian period into three distinct periods, early, middle and end, and the difference in Victorian decorating are present through these periods.

Generally speaking, the early and middle periods embraced floral prints and bright colors, while the late Victorian period became more Gothic in its design style.

Color was incredibly important in Victorian decorating.

Curved edges and scrolls a la 18th century French furniture was the most popular style in the early and middle Victorian period.

In the late Victorian period, overstuffed furniture inspired by Eastern designs came into favor.

Victorian decorating is easy to replicate today in your home because the looks from this period continues to influence modern designers.

Ethan Allen in particular tends to feature a great deal of Victorian inspired furniture, and you can turn to antique sales to find original pieces.

When choosing paint colors and wallpapers, keep the Victorian look in mind.

With a good understanding of Victorian design principles, re-creating the look with modern sources is a breeze.

Striking and unique Victorian style furniture can give your room classic elegance and style.

The Victorian period of 19th century Britain was a time of great change and social turmoil.

The great cultural push and pull can be seen in many items from the Victorian period, including fashion and interior design.

Furniture, however, was perhaps one of the most changed items during the Victorian period.

The biggest revolution in Victorian style furniture was the new manufacturing techniques that were introduced during the period.

The irony about Victorian furniture is that despite the modern revolution in production techniques, in terms of styles, people looked almost exclusively to the past for inspiration.

If you want to see some pictures of original pieces from the Victorian furniture period, check out Victorian Station.

You'll find a wealth of photos of period pieces, plus plenty of information about the Victorian period in general and Victorian decorating.

Original pieces of furniture from the Victorian times do come up with relative frequency at auctions and estate sales, but these can be extremely expensive.

Magnolia Hall - Magnolia Hall offers faithful reproductions of classic Victorian designs for every room in your home.

Victorian Furniture Company - The flashing neon pink and banner ads at Victorian Furniture Company won't exactly put you in the mood for 19th century shopping.

House has a longstanding reputation in dealing reproduction Victorian furniture and original pieces.

Ethan Allen - Ethan Allan stocks lots of Victorian inspired furniture and is easily accessible either online or in store.

Geometric shapes, for example, are often associated with Art deco style interior design and may not be appropriate in a room with a standard Victorian decor.

It is difficult to create a country chic design in a contemporary house, and a modern bedroom design would be out of place in most Victorian houses.

Bolder interior designers may suggest juxtaposing heavily ornate Victorian pieces with a minimalist house.

Even if your decorating style is Victorian, Colonial or pre-War, you can make contemporary design style work in your home.

Comfortable sofas and armchairs with a Victorian flair are right at home in this design style.

Since greenhouses were popular in the Victorian era, greenery is right should be part of a Bohemian design.

Victorian interiors feature beautiful colors, lots of ornate details, and skilled fakery to make the home a welcoming and beautiful place.

For today's homeowner, Victorian interior design styles may seem out of reach.

However, you don't need a huge budget or a beautiful old house to utilize the principles of Victorian interior decorating in your own home; you simply need a little time and creativity.

Victorian style was inspired by the personal taste of Britain's Queen Victoria, who ruled the country from 1837 to 1901.

The industrial revolution also had the unintended effect of coating the exteriors of many homes in a thick layer of dirt, so Victorian interiors became more ornate to counteract the dingy exteriors of many homes.

You can take some cues from Victorian decorating to create beautiful interiors in your own home.

One of the easiest ways to bring Victorian style to your home is to embellish tastefully wherever possible.

You can often find inexpensive trim pieces to bring Victorian style to simple items.

To bring Victorian flair to your walls, look for good deals online.

You can also add Victorian elegance by employing faux finishing techniques.

Shopping flea markets and garage sales are another inexpensive way to add Victorian style to your home.