Victorian furniture is divided into a number of substyles ... however, is in the rococo-revival substyle that started in the 1840s and persisted until around 1865. Based on French-rococo design ...

Dear Helaine and Joe: The chair in the photo belonged to my grandmother in the 1920s. There is a picture of this chair in “The Heritage of Early American Houses” by John Drury, and it is said ...

Collectors prize furniture that is created by a famous ... The chairs had no upholstery on the back, just rosewood. He favored the Rococo Revival style with curved legs, arms and tops of backs.

Mallard made Rococo and Renaissance Revival-style Victorian furniture with elaborate carvings. He was known in some directories as “Pierre Mallard,” but many collectors believed his name was ...

But in 1860, President James Buchanan sold the Bellangé furniture at auction to make room for a “Victorian Rococo Revival suite,” according to the historical association. A century later ...

with lots of heavy furniture, dark colours, and a mix of different styles. The key difference is that Rococo feels light and ...

The chair in the photographs belonged to my grandmother in the 1920s. There is a picture of this chair in "The Heritage of Early American Houses" by John Drury, and it is said to have belonged to ...