Queen Anne Revival

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The Queen Anne Revival was an architectural style popular in Great Britain and the United States during the 1870s. It emerged as a departure from the Gothic Revival, embracing the more domestic and simpler styles of English 17th- and 18th-century architecture. Architects like Norman Shaw and William Eden Nesfield were key figures, utilizing red brick and drawing inspiration from the astylar (columnless) tradition. This style is distinct from the Queen Anne furniture style, which flourished during the reign of Queen Anne (1702–14) and is characterized by the cabriole leg and splat back.12

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Queen Anne style
The Queen Anne style of furniture design became extremely popular among the upper classes in Britain’s North American colonies.
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The Queen Anne style of furniture design became extremely popular among the upper classes in Britain’s North American colonies.
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Great Britain
…domestic charms of the so-called Queen Anne Revival. In prominent buildings such as his red-brick mansion for Frederick White at No. 170, Queen’s Gate, London (1888–90), and Parr’s (now National Westminster) Bank, Liverpool (1898–1901), Shaw demonstrated the virtues of the simple astylar (columnless) tradition of English 17th- and 18th-century architecture.
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…domestic charms of the so-called Queen Anne Revival. In prominent buildings such as his red-brick mansion for Frederick White at No. 170, Queen’s Gate, London (1888–90), and Parr’s (now National Westminster) Bank, Liverpool (1898–1901), Shaw demonstrated the virtues of the simple astylar (columnless) tradition of English 17th- and 18th-century architecture.
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