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Edwardian Parlour & Drawing Room

The Edwardian Parlour and drawing room were an opportunity for the Edwardian homeowner to show the world that he had made something of himself. The more reception rooms he owned, the higher his social status. The fashion for informal living meant that the idea of a room being saved for best fell out of fashion and parlours became an everyday living room.

Dolls house furniture for an Edwardian Parlour might include: -

Matching suites of furniture (silks, brocade and eighteenth century style were popular. Upholstered furniture also came with comfortable feather cushions. Later, chintz loose covers were used
Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture enjoyed a resurgence
Wicker and bamboo furniture became increasingly present
Cabinets
Bureau
Coffee and nested tables and occasional tables
Tiled Fireplace with over mantel and mirror
Carpet and rugs over wooden floors (carpets designs were paler and simpler than their Victorian predecessors)
Pictures
China
Glass ornaments
Candle sticks
Clock (wall or surface)
Desk and standard lamps
Piano
Bookcase
Phonograph or gramophone
Plants
Window seat inside a bay window

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