The Victorian furniture era was named after Queen Victoria of England and was depicted by heavy dark toned furnishings.  Back in the Victorian era, it was not uncommon to find homes filled with ornately carved furniture and heavily layered window treatments.

Her son, King Edward VII, succeeded to the throne in 1901, and then began the Edwardian furniture era.  His design style was quite different than his mother’s.  The Edwardian period was considered a more elegant and cheerful designing time.  It was a time of change and distraction from the dark and heavy design style.  During the Edwardian era, furniture was designed with delicate lines and upholstered in floral designs or flowing graphics.  Many furniture pieces from the Edwardian furniture era had a mixed bag of design styles.  You could often find previous designing techniques mixed together to make one interesting piece of furniture.  For example, a desk could have slender legs with squared feet, and the drawers would have inlaid veneers and intricate hardware.  Instead of a heavy desk, the desk would be delicate and light.  Many furniture designers in the Edwardian era used curved lines for their furniture pieces.  During this eclectic furniture making time period, mixing classic styles with curved designed was popular among designers.  Basically, during the Edwardian design era, most anything that was cheerful and fun was acceptable!

At Grand Furniture Gallery you will find furniture reproductions from most every time period.  Stop by our store to check out our lovely selection of Edwardian, Queen Anne, Georgian, and Sheraton design elements that are incorporated into many of the great furniture pieces that we have in stock.  See how great designers from years long past still offer inspiration for today’s furniture.  At Grand Furniture Gallery you will always find quality North Carolina furniture at prices that cannot be beat!