but furniture with a Victorian flair has been catching our eye recently. That's why when we were recently sofa shopping online, we couldn't help but investigate one trend people are into right now ...

It made top-quality Victorian furniture with handcarving and steam ... It also made dining sets, desks, sofas, hall trees, occasional tables and other pieces. Buyers pay the most for mahogany ...

He specialized in furniture for the parlor, including sofas, armchairs ... very well made and his designs are the best of the late- Victorian period. It became an expensive collector favorite.

Famous furniture firm MFI is making another comeback - 18 years after its collapse. Online bathroom business Victorian Plumbing ... was likely to stock kitchen and bedroom ranges, as well as sofas, ...

In the National Portrait Gallery, there is a picture painted by James Tissot in 1870 of the army intelligence officer Captain Frederick Burnaby, airily waving a fag as he lounges languidly on a sofa.

The exuberant new Rococo style furniture opted for dense ornamentation, fluid lines, and pastel colors. At the other end of the spectrum is minimalism which rejects the lavish styles of the past.