The Queen Anne style was named after Queen Anne of England. Ten years after Queen Anne’s death, this style became popular in America, reaching its greatest popularity in the late 19th century.
The British version of the Queen Anne style replicated the art and crafts movement using fine brickwork, terra-cotta panels, tile-hung upper stories, white woodwork, broad porches and deeply shadowed entrances. The American Queen Anne style became popular in the 1880’s using bold, colorful paint schemes on brick and wood exteriors. It was considered more of an era than an actual style, involving Stick, Eastlake and Shingle styles.
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Most Queen Anne furniture was made from walnut and was very popular, despite its great expense. This style offered light, graceful and comfortable furniture designs, similar to 17th century pieces. The most important influence of Queen Anne style was the use of the cyma curve, also called an S-shaped curve, which were carved into desks, chests, lowboys and highboys.
These simple and functional curvilinear designs expressed simplicity and grace. The Queen Anne style also complimented tables with Cabriole legs and developed delicate drop leaf tables and card tables.
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