Edwardian
Early 1900s style
Edwardian describes the period of British history during the reign of King Edward VII, from 1901 to 1910, though the term often extends culturally to include the years before World War I.
The era is associated with elegance, social refinement, and a distinctive aesthetic in architecture, fashion, and design—think high collars, elaborate hats, and ornate interiors.
The house retained its original Edwardian features.
An Edwardian is a person who lived during this period.
Female voting-rights activists
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
- progressivismPhilosophy advocating societal reform
liberalism · Lloyd George · welfare reforms · trade unions · socialism · emancipation · women's rights · temperance
Building design discipline
- fashionCurrent popular trend
- costumeClothing for portrayal
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- Art NouveauCurvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
mahogany · parasols · corsets · lace · high collars · Downton Abbey · period drama · stained glass
Rule by hereditary elite
- classGrouping by shared traits
- upstairsOn a higher level
- downstairsOn a lower floor
- servantsHired household workers
nobility · gentry · debutantes · high society · country house · garden parties · drawing room · calling cards
Punctuation ending sentences
- EnglandLargest British country
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- Entente Cordiale1904 Anglo-French diplomatic agreement
- Boer WarAnglo-Dutch colonial conflict
Titanic · pre-war · heritage · reign · coronation · Buckingham Palace · British Empire · Britannia
Rules of polite conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- deportmentManner and conduct
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
courtesy · refinement · politeness · formality · gentlemanly · ladylike · calling hours · mourning dress
suffragettes
Female voting-rights activists
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
progressivism · liberalism · Lloyd George · welfare reforms · trade unions · socialism · emancipation · women's rights · temperance · philanthropy
architecture
Building design discipline
Art Nouveau · mahogany · parasols · corsets · lace · high collars · Downton Abbey · period drama · stained glass
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- classGrouping by shared traits
- upstairsOn a higher level
- downstairsOn a lower floor
servants · nobility · gentry · debutantes · high society · country house · garden parties · drawing room · calling cards · chaperones
period
Punctuation ending sentences
- EnglandLargest British country
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- Entente Cordiale1904 Anglo-French diplomatic agreement
Boer War · Titanic · pre-war · heritage · reign · coronation · Buckingham Palace · British Empire · Britannia
etiquette
Rules of polite conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- deportmentManner and conduct
chivalry · courtesy · refinement · politeness · formality · gentlemanly · ladylike · calling hours · mourning dress · correspondence
- architectureEiffel Tower, buildings, architects, design, thatching
- British historyWilliam the Conqueror, Victorian era, Elizabethan era, English Civil War, Tudor era
- decor stylesmodern, contemporary, traditional, rustic, bohemian
- erasera, epoch, age, bronze age, period
- fashion stylescasual wear, bohemian, formal wear, preppy, romantic
- historical erasStone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages, Renaissance
EdwardianVictorian
Of a prim era
Georgian · modern · contemporary · Elizabethan · Jacobean
Edwardianmodernist
Advocate of experimental forms
minimalist · brutalist · contemporary · industrial · austere
Edwardianmodern
Of recent times
contemporary · futuristic · present-day · current · 21st-century
- Edwardian houseEarly twentieth-century British dwelling
- Edwardian fashionEarly twentieth-century dress
- Edwardian homesHouses built 1901-1910
- Edwardian eraBritish period 1901-1910
- Edwardian period1901-1910 British era
- Edwardian styleEarly twentieth-century British aesthetic