All We Need Now Is the Butler
If you are a fan of the cinematic world of wealthy Gilded Age people on both sides of the Atlantic O...
Tag: Design History
How the Victorians Brought Texture and Pattern to Walls
Home decoration was all the rage in the late 19th century. With the Industrial Revolution in England...
What Was the Turkish Corner?
In the latter part of the 19th century, when ladies and gentlemen of the upper classes visited frien...
The Story of Fretwork
The architecture and decorative arts of the late 19th century were greatly influenced by the Aesthet...
The Mythology of the Coffin Corner
It is perhaps understandable that the term coffin corner has persisted as a bit of old house lore. ...
A Breath of Fresh Air: A Short History of the Sleeping Porch
The early twentieth century fresh-air movement spurred an architectural trend of sleeping porches as...
Feast Your Eyes on the Luxurious Beauty of Aesthetic Movement Design
The Aesthetic Movement was one of the most important social movements of the late 19th century, yet ...
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