Victorian parlor
Formal nineteenth-century room
A Victorian parlor is the formal sitting room in a 19th-century middle-class home, reserved for receiving guests and displaying family respectability.
These rooms featured ornate furniture, heavy draperies, patterned wallpaper, and curated collections of decorative objects.
The term evokes cluttered elegance and social pretension: The house was decorated like a Victorian parlor, every surface covered with knickknacks.
- bay windowOutward-curving window alcove
- velvet drapesSoft pile window fabric
- armoireTall freestanding clothes cabinet
- china cabinetDisplay case for dishes
- calling cardsPersonal contact slips
afternoon tea · ottoman · gas lamp · gas lighting · aspidistra · pocket doors · wainscoting · crown molding · daguerreotype · chaise longue · tea table · sideboard · letter writing · Gothic Revival · Arts and Crafts movement · fainting couch · parquet flooring · gilded mirror
- genre scenesdomestic scene, tavern scene, market scene, village scene, dining room
Victorian parlorScandinavian design
Minimalist aesthetic from Nordic countries
Victorian parlorman cave
Private male hangout space
TV room · family room · den · rec room · open kitchen