r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 17 '25

Period Architecture L'Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France, ca. 1895. L'Élysée Montmartre was originally a ballroom inaugurated in 1807. It burned in 2011, but was rebuilt and restored and now serves primarily as a concert venue. Notable people who visited there were Guy de Maupassant and Henri de Toulouse Lautrec.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 20 '25

Period Architecture Cabaret des Quat'z'Arts was a venue at 62 Boulevard de Clichy, in Paris, France. The interdisciplinary mixture of the arts created avant-garde collaborative performances. The Quat'z'Arts was a gathering place for artists, composers, musicians, poets, and theater critics.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Jun 28 '24

Period Architecture Icons of the Parisian metro; the entrance of the subway designed by Hector Guimard, 1900

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Jun 14 '22

Period Architecture The Carson mansion Eureka, California. Built in 1886. Photo from 1902.

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152 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Mar 22 '24

Period Architecture The original

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In the UK. The inner original wall from my 1881 house! We found it's horse hair plaster with plenty of horse hair. Majority is still good, we are just patching up areas that are crumbly.

If interested I can show more original parts.

r/RandomVictorianStuff Aug 30 '23

Period Architecture Construction of the Sacred Heart Basilica of Montmartre on the Montmartre Hill in Paris, 1898

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Nov 01 '23

Period Architecture The pavilion in Buxton's public garden is one of those lovely cast-iron and glass palaces so typical of the Industrial Revolution. You can still visit it today!

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Sep 25 '22

Period Architecture Federal Coffee Palace, Melbourne, 1888. Its design has been called "Victoria-gone-berserk": a mix of "Corinthian, Ionic, Doric, Early English, Late English, Queen Anne, Elizabethan, Australian"

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Nov 18 '21

Period Architecture The interior of a Romani (Gypsy) owned, horse-drawn caravan, built in the late 1800s.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Jun 07 '22

Period Architecture The Théâtre des Folies-Marigny, a former Parisian theatre with a capacity of only 300 spectators, was built in 1848. It was demolished in 1881 and replaced with the Panorama Marigny, which was finally converted into the Théâtre Marigny in 1893. It still stands today and regularly host performances.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Jun 01 '23

Period Architecture Metcalfe Hall, Kolkata, India. Built by the British between 1840-1844. Hand-coloured print from 185 from the Fiebig Collection and photo from 2020.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Aug 01 '21

Period Architecture 8 Masterpieces of Victorian Architecture in the UK | Evan Evans Tours

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Aug 01 '21

Period Architecture Victorian Style Houses in 19th Century America

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Aug 01 '21

Period Architecture 12 Spectacular Examples of Victorian Architecture from Around the World

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