Historical Eclecticism and the Reformed Gothic
By the time that Queen Victoria came to the throne, the dominance of the informed Classical styling of the Regency period had been replaced by a variety of meritricious ‘historical’ styles promoted by the retailing enterprises providing furniture for the homes of the new middle classes; in addition to the ‘Naturalistic’ style Loudon’s Encyclopaedia of 1833 lists ‘Grecian’, ‘Elizabethan’, ‘Louis XIV’ (or revived Rococo) and ‘Gothic’. A.W.N. Pugin [1812-52] adopted his Reformed Gothic style for its moral rectitude and gave it historical authenticity, publishing Gothic Furniture in the Style of the 15th Century in 1835. In common with the Art Manufactures of Henry Coles he addressed the problem of the role of decoration (art) in furniture design, asserting that serving and expressing function is the primary aim of design, with suitable and authentic decoration subservient to that purpose.
Historical Eclecticism and the Reformed GothicBy the time that Queen Victoria came to the throne, the dominance of the informed Classical styling of the Regency period had been replaced by a variety of meritricious ‘historical’ styles promoted by the retailing enterprises providing furniture for the homes of the new middle classes; in addition to the ‘Naturalistic’ style Loudon’s Encyclopaedia of 1833 lists ‘Grecian’, ‘Elizabethan’, ‘Louis XIV’ (or revived Rococo) and ‘Gothic’. A.W.N. Pugin [1812-52] adopted his Reformed Gothic style for its moral rectitude and gave it historical authenticity, publishing Gothic Furniture in the Style of the 15th Century in 1835. In common with the Art Manufactures of Henry Coles he addressed the problem of the role of decoration (art) in furniture design, asserting that serving and expressing function is the primary aim of design, with suitable and authentic decoration subservient to that purpose.
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