Victorian Living Room, Inspiration
The Victorian room highlights much of the luxury from the period, with recreations such as a bearskin rug, or ceiling frescos, giving the style its characteristics.
Closeup of miniature Victorian room gilded accents.
Closeup of the Victorian wallpaper found in Mrs. Fisher's miniature Victorian dollhouse room, created in the early 1950s
A zoom caputre of a bear skin rug recreation.
A zoom caputre with the fresco adorned ceiling accents.
Additionally, we see evidence to the evolving photography technology within the Victorian room, as we see a daguerreotype hanging on the back wall.
Ambrotype of Charlotte Cushman, Library of Congress; ACD May 2024
Miniature Portrait within the dollhouse Victorian Room.
The minor pieces of this room really sing to Fisher's dedication and craft. Similar to the Country Store, there is always more to find in the tiny space the longer you look. One reviewer was struck by the upright piano, where if one looks closely, you will see miniature sheet music that prepares the player for “Melody in F” and “Spring song” (Hobbyist With a Heart).
A zoom capture of the upright piano in the Victorian room.
A zoom caputre of the "Spring Song" and "Melody in F" sheet music in the Victorian room.
You can also see their subscription to the New York Times hanging in a basket on the wall, showing that Victorian families were reading the publication as early as 1851.
A zoom capture of a miniature New York Times paper.
As you will find with many of these rooms, the Victorian Parlor is more than simply a relic of our past. Fisher created a window into an era of decadence and sophistocation.
Let's transition to the 18th century drawing room with a focus on 'conversation' as a crux of intentional interior design.