A pair of Queen Victoria’s stockings will be part of a fine antiques sale at Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh on March 31. Collecting Victorian royal memorabilia has been an enthusiastic pursuit of collectors for over a hundred years, but why the enthusiam for collecting Victoria’s undergarments?
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The new Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland was filmed in England at a UK National Trust site. The only “real” house that appeared in the film is the Antony House, an 18th century, family-owned mansion …
A pair of Queen Victoria’s stockings will be part of a fine antiques sale at Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh on March 31. Collecting Victorian royal memorabilia has been an enthusiastic pursuit of collectors for over a hundred years, but why the enthusiam for collecting Victoria’s undergarments?
This early 1800s design for a garden seat made an elegant addition to formal flower gardens, as its parts were composed for the purpose of training foliage in a light and playful manner. The construction …
Sandy Powell won the coveted Oscar for Best Costume Design for the 19th century period drama, The Young Victoria, at the 82nd annual Academy Awards.
The Young Victoria chronicles the early and often turbulent years of …
A baffling new mystery for 2010 has Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s master sleuth returning to Cape May, New Jersey for Sherlock Holmes Weekend.
If you are thinking of joining a Sherlock Holmes Society, or participating in a Murder Mystery Weekend, or maybe you are one of the Victorian Strollers – it is always fun to accurately dress the …
Museum lovers enjoy a first-time-ever opportunity as Colonial Williamsburg offers an annual museums pass and lunch combination in the DeWitt Wallace Museum Café.
Sconces were a popular fixture for lighting the Victorian bathroom. You can bring back the ambiance of period bathroom lighting with a variety of available recreations of these traditional sconces. Many fixtures of the period …
Upon entering a respectable and luxurious mid-19th century mansion, a visitor would be greeted with an exquisitely decorated entrance hall. There was little doubt that the best mode of treating a hall floor, whether in …
Women’s dresses at this period featured the infamous gigot sleeve, one of the widest in the history of women’s fashion. Matching the breadth of the sleeves was the span of the ornately decorated hat that framed …
Take an online tour through this restored Victorian house displaying period furniture and wall coverings.