Queen Anne

Queen Anne

The roses match the wallpaper, and the wallpaper matches the china, and none of it is accidental. Queen Anne holds the Victorian and Edwardian parlor at its most unapologetically feminine — tufted velvet, tiered cake stands, lace at every edge. Floral transferware, needlepoint cushions, cameo brooches, and the pressed glass powder jar that has been on the vanity since someone's grandmother set it there. Rococo curves and Edwardian embellishment, pattern layered over pattern, each piece a considered argument for ornament as its own kind of order. Ruffled, floral, beautiful, and proud of it.

About This Collection

There is nothing restrained about this collection, and there was never meant to be. Queen Anne is Victorian, Edwardian, Rococo — the elaborate feminine tradition at full expression. Curved silhouettes, tufted surfaces, hand-painted porcelain, silk velvet in jewel tones, lace, ornamental brass. Pieces from 1837 through the early 1910s, when ornamentation was a craft and restraint was considered poverty of imagination.

Sourced from the estates and parlors of the Great Lakes region. Brought here intact.

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Antique German porcelain trinket box with Watteau Fête Galante scene lid — circa 1895–1914 Watteau garden scene lid detail on German porcelain trinket box — six figures in court dress
Kristal Zaječar Yugoslav lead crystal ring holder with diamond crosshatch cut — original label intact, 1970s Gold foil Kristal Zaječar label on base — 24% PbO Made in Yugoslavia, 1970s vanity piece
Heart-shaped crystal glass ring holder with cut starburst base — 1970s–1980s vanity piece Ribbed scallop rim detail on heart-shaped crystal ring holder — pressed glass, 1970s–1980s