Painted Ladies

San Francisco, United States

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Painted Ladies are Victorian and Edwardian houses, characteristically built in Queen Anne style from redwood, that have been repainted since the 1960s in three or more colors to accentuate their architectural details. The term originated in San Francisco and was first applied to these houses by Morley Baer, Elizabeth Pomada, and Michael Larsen in their 1978 book *Painted Ladies: San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians*. Though polychrome decoration was common during the Victorian era itself, the modern color schemes used on these houses do not follow historical precedent. The practice has since spread to numerous American cities including Baltimore, St. Louis, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Toledo, and Cape May, as well as internationally to Wellington, New Zealand.