Colonial Revival vs Colonial Revival Interior
Colonial Revival Interior is the cross-discipline counterpart of Colonial Revival — the Colonial Revival architecture movement.
Colonial Revival
An American revival of Georgian and Federal colonial-era building — symmetrical brick or clapboard façades, a centered classically framed entrance, and balanced rows of multi-paned, shuttered windows.
- Strictly symmetrical façade organized about a central axis
- Accentuated central entrance with pediment, fanlight, or portico
- Balanced rows of double-hung, multi-paned windows with shutters
- Side-gabled or hipped roof with classical cornice detailing (dentils)
- Brick or clapboard walls with white-painted classical trim
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
At a glance
| Colonial Revival | Colonial Revival Interior | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1876–1955 | 1880s–1940s |
| Discipline | Architecture | Interior Design |
| Region | United States, Canada | United States |
| Family | Revival | Colonial Revival, Revivalism |
| Formal traits | symmetrical, central-entry, shuttered, dentil-cornice | symmetrical, traditional, panelled, restrained |
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