Colonial Revival Interior vs Georgian Interior
Georgian Interior was influenced by Colonial Revival Interior — Georgian taste was later revived in America.
Colonial Revival Interior
The nostalgic American interior reviving colonial and early-Federal taste — symmetrical panelled rooms, reproduction Windsor and Chippendale furniture and patriotic restraint.
- Symmetrical panelled and wainscoted walls with dentil cornices
- Classical chimneypieces and broken-pediment doorways
- Reproduction Windsor, Queen Anne and Chippendale furniture
- Soft 'Williamsburg' colonial blues, greens and creams
- Corner cupboards, hooked rugs, samplers, pewter and brass
Georgian Interior
The proportioned, panelled interior of eighteenth-century Britain — classical symmetry, dado-rail walls, sash windows and dignified restraint.
- Strict classical symmetry and Palladian proportion
- Walls divided by dado rail, with panelling or paper above
- A marble or carved-wood chimneypiece anchoring each room
- Tall multi-pane sash windows balancing the elevation
- Mahogany furniture in the Chippendale tradition
At a glance
| Colonial Revival Interior | Georgian Interior | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1880s–1940s | 1714–1830 |
| Discipline | Interior Design | Interior Design |
| Region | United States | Britain, Ireland, American colonies |
| Family | Colonial Revival, Revivalism | Classical Revival, Palladianism |
| Formal traits | symmetrical, traditional, panelled, restrained | symmetrical, panelled, proportioned, restrained |
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