Carved in the round and partially freestanding, the right forearm separately attached. With extensive remains of original polychromy and gilding. Small, finely carved sculpture depicting the saint ...

By Milena Lazazzera More than 100 porcelain perfume bottles from the 18th century are being offered for private sale in connection with the auctions of “The Giordano Collection” of Italian ...

The challenges of preserving and upkeeping mid-century modern homes mean many are at risk of demolition, conservation experts tell Dezeen as part of our mid-century modern series. Open-plan ...

Camille Davis is writing a book called Visual Prestige: The Role of Portraits in Shaping the Nascent Identity of American Leadership. She is a two-time former fellow of the Winterthur Museum, Garden ...

Two top lots in the sale are a George II Mahogany Gainsborough-Type Library Armchair dating from the mid-18th century (estimate: £3,000-4,000, all figures exclude buyers’ premium), and a George III ...

As Peter McNeil’s Pretty Gentlemen efficiently illustrates, masculinity was a muddled business in 18th-century Britain. It masqueraded in different guises, literally: in costume, in print culture and ...

In the rose-pink library a cheerful Giancarlo Valle ‘Smile’ chair mingles with a sombre 18th-century French verdure tapestry ... (Photography: Lillie Thompson | Styling: Marsha Golemac) Danish ‘Moller ...

Two or three decades ago these glasses were the object of much discussion and debate about just how many of them were genuine mid-18th century creations and how many were later recreations of the ...

18th-century fashion in detail / Susan North ; photographs by Henrietta Clare and Richard Davis ; drawings by Leonie Davis and Deborah Mallinson.

Augustus the Strong’s name has long been a byword for dissipation. Yet he was also a great patron of the arts, creating in Dresden perhaps the finest Baroque city in Europe. Ritchie Robertson examines ...

The old Grist Mill Road Bridge was erected in the early 18th century and remains abandoned and hidden under a new bridge that ...