Reformed Victorian / Queen Anne StyleBooks
Recommended Books
The Queen Anne House: America’s Victorian Vernacular
by Janet Foster: Abrams, 2006
Queen
Anne, Shingle, and early Tudor Revival houses in this country all owe a
debt to the English Queen Anne movement that brought back vernacular
forms. With some houses, it’s hard to tell where Queen Anne ends and
Shingle begins. This book showing 21 residences paints a clearer
picture of the relationships among styles, and offers plenty of
architectural and decorating details.
Sweetness and Light: The Queen Anne Movement 1860–1900
by Mark Girouard: softbound reprint 1984 by Yale Univ. Press
The original, still highly recommended book on the Queen Anne in England and the U.S.
Creating the Artful Home: The Aesthetic Movement
by Karen Zukowski: Gibbs Smith, 2006
In
America, the Aesthetic Movement was popular in the same decades as the
Queen Anne Style (1875-1900), and they share traits as transitional
styles between Victorian excess and an Arts and Crafts sensibility.
This book is more than a history of the movement; it provides insight
into the rationale and is helpful for finding a creative approach to
home-making now.
The Aesthetic Movement
by Lionel Lambourne: Phaidon, 1996.
The
English art movement of the 1880s and 1890s that had such great impact
even in America. The book is monumental but very readable, starting
with the Japonisme fad and moving on to Whistler, Ruskin, Oscar Wilde,
Godwin, even Mackintosh. Lavish.
William Morris: Décor and Design
by Elizabeth Wilhide: Pavilion Books, 1997.
A
focused, intelligent resource that doesn’t lose its appeal. Morris’s
wallpapers and furnishings are the theme, accompanied by photos of
rooms decorated by Morris & Co., and contemporary interpretations,
with illustrated pattern glossaries.
Painted Ladies Revisited, . . . Inside and Out
by Elizabeth Pomada: Studio, 1989.
Exteriors and interior restorations on Stick, Eastlake, and Queen Anne houses.
Hints on Household Taste
by Charles L. Eastlake: Dover, 1986.
Reprint of the 1868–1872 book by the Aesthetic Movement tastemaker and critic.
see also:
The Colonial Revival House
by Richard Guy Wilson: Abrams, 2004.
The
early years of the Colonial Revival in America and its motifs closely
overlap those of the Queen Anne/Shingle continuum. This is a
one-of-a-kind, smart, beautiful volume that includes 275 photos for
inspiration.
The Houses of McKim, Mead & White
by Samuel G. White: Universe, 2004.
The
pre-eminent firm is best known for their Beaux Arts classicism and
their public commissions. Seminal, too, were the early houses of MMW
and especially those of Stanford White, built for wealthy Easterners
during the Gilded Age. From 1879 to 1912, the firm designed over 300
houses in places like Newport, the Hudson Valley, and Long Island. Some
interiors are in English and Aesthetic styles.
