Victorian Era

Question 1

Answer 1

Charles Locke Eastlake, Armchair, 1880s

1st dibbs auction, sold by GLO, August 2015, $1,250

1. Healthy yet decorative interior styles
2. Germs had recently been discovered
3. Bed bugs were common to all classes
4. Book: Hints on Household Taste, 1868, published US in 1872, widely read throughout England and the United States.
5. Seeded the American Arts and Crafts Movement.
6. Ornately carved furniture could trap dust and dirt.

Question 2

Answer 2

Windsor Chair, Made in United States, 1775 - 1800

MET

Question 3

Answer 3

Windsor Chair, Made in United States, 1750 - 1770

Philadephia Museum of Art