Victorian furniture styles
This page describes various different Victorian styles of furniture. The styles vary and include Japanese designs, medieval and tudor and designs from Liberty & Co.
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Teachers' resource: Victorian social life from paintings
The V&A is one of the best museums in the world for learning about the Victorians. This resource contains an introduction to some of the Victorian paintings in the V&A and …
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Victorian Dress at the V&A
The V&A's Victorian dress collection represents the fashions worn by the wealthy in the 19th century, and reflects their lives and aspirations. The clothing featured here a…
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Victorian Sentimental Prints, Drawings & Watercolours
Scenes of tender feeling were popular during the Victorian period. They became associated with the home as they were ideal for display in family rooms and traditionally fem…
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What the Victorians Read at Christmas
The commercialisation of Christmas, which many today consider a bane of modern life, in fact has its origins in the 1840s. Henry Cole sent the first Christmas card (now in …
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Introduction to Gender & Sexuality in Victorian England
The Victorian period saw the beginnings of a shift in social philosophy regarding legal and customary gender relations. This shift was marked by a move away from the patria…
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Sex & Sexuality in the 19th Century
Male anxieties in relation to both physical and mental health in the Victorian era often seem to have concentrated on the supposedly baleful effects of masturbation, which …
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Victorian Watch Pendant Necklace
Vintage inspired Victorian watch necklace with working clock mechanism.…
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