Now that we have looked at early 1900s architecture, here I re-construct the early 1900s popular color schemes, flooring, wall coverings, lighting, furniture, and upholstery. I'll focus on the living room to show three different popular styles from this era: Colonial, Craftsman, and Tudor.
The country was pulling out of Victorian decorating (Queen Victoria died in 1901), which was opulent, heavy, and jewel-toned:
wikipedia "Victorian Decorative Arts", the drawing room at 16 Cheyne Walk in London |
Below is a photograph of the John Rehder House taken about 1910, and you can see the Victorian influence still in the home (palms, ornate drapery, wicker chair, tufted chaise):
susantaylorblock.com, "Interior Decorating, c. 1910" |
There is a book called Inside the House that Jack Built published in 1914 about house furnishing. In one of the houses, the popular Tudor style was used: paneled walls, heavier millwork, a large rug, heavy fireplace mantel, bulbous leg turnings on the desk. The book refers to this room as "Old English in character":
chestofbooks.com: architecture books The House that Jack Built |
This is another Tudor style room:
POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BELDEN HOTEL - TYPICAL LIVING ROOM - LOTT HOTELS INC - c1910 |
The other home in Inside the House that Jack Built is "colonial": demure millwork, chippendale chair, neoclassical fireplace. I'm impressed that both living rooms have a big desk:
chestofbooks, architecture books Inside the House that Jack Built |
Here is another Colonial style room illustrated in Ladies Home Journal:
ahundredyearsago.com: 1912 Holiday Decorating Ideas |
Craftsman was coming into fashion for interiors. This includes horizontal emphasis in design elements, built-ins, long and low fireplace, simple solid colors on walls divided by timber framing, rugs are not oriental or middle eastern designs:
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1910 Albastine paint idea booklet laurelhurstcraftsman.com, "Matching Historic Stencils to Period" |
Here is another Craftsman style room with organic designs and furniture with square detailing:
clickamericana.com, "Hints for an informal Sunday supper (1910)" |
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pzrservices.typepad.com, 1930s illustration |
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