Victoriana
(vɪktɔərɪˈɑːnə)
[f. Victorian a.2: see -iana.]
1. Matters relating to the Victorian period; attitudes characteristic of that time.
| 1918 E. Pound in Future Oct. 265/1 For most of us, the odour of defunct Victoriana is so unpleasant..that we are content to leave the past where we find it. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Apr. 326/2 This book—Victoriana. A symposium of Victorian Wisdom. 1960 Time 8 Jan. 13/5, I think Shakespearian production is bogged down in a mire of Victoriana in this country. 1961 Guardian 21 Apr. 6/3 She provides many interesting domestic details for students of Victoriana. 1977 S. Wales Echo 18 Jan., Mr. Litterick added: ‘He was talking straight Victoriana. That statement is straight out of Queen Victoria's age—it is arrogance.’ |
2. Objects, as furniture, ornaments, etc., made in the Victorian period; also, buildings or architecture of that era.
| 1940 Illustr. London News 11 May 640 (caption) The latest vogue in ‘Victoriana’. Glass paper-weights to be sold at Sotheby's. 1947 N. Marsh Final Curtain xiii. 197 The terrifying Victoriana within. 1958 Listener 12 June 973/1 Victoriana is now the fashion in furniture and house decoration. 1958, 1959 [see Betjeman]. 1968 Canad. Antiques Collector July 20/1 Whether the taste be for pine, Sheraton mahogany, or Victoriana, a lovely bouquet can be arranged to enhance antiques. 1978 Lancashire Life Mar. 71/1 There was one notable omission—namely, that of the dear old Princes Theatre. This was, prior to modernisation in 1932, a perfect specimen of Victoriana. |