👉 Okay, let’s tackle this delightfully prickly little mouthful – Anglo Venetian! Now, immediately you might conjure visions of stiff collars and gondola captains awkwardly fraternising somewhere along the Firth of Forth. Frankly, neither is quite accurate, but neither are they entirely off base.
Basically, an "Anglo Venetian," as it popped up in the late 20th and early 21st centuries within certain circles (mostly those obsessed with obscure interior decorating styles—seriously! It was a thing!), referred to an aggressively ornate, almost sickeningly pretty, aesthetic borrowing heavily from both Anglo-Saxon and Venetian influences. Think of a Victorian townhouse crammed into a Hockney pink bathtub. Let's unpack this monstrosity: 1️⃣ Anglo Part: You get the stuffy, rather suffocating grandeur of early British aristocracy. We're talking flocked damasks, heavy gold leaf, heavily embroidered tapestries…basically, enough tassels to choke a small badger. Lots and lots of purple! íssioners and an obsession with historical accuracy. Venetian 2️⃣ Venetian Part: Here we throw in the sheer, unapologetically decadent beauty of the old city of canals – Muranos glass, stuccoed walls that look like they were sculpted by particularly ambitious goldfish, and a generous sprinkling of peacock feathers. Essentially it was the result of some very wealthy, probably slightly batty people deciding to mash up the most excessively pretty things in Western history. 90'