Victorian children were as enchanted with toys and playhouses as any child today.

The Geffrye explores how and why the huge interest in plants and flowers manifested itself in Victorian middle-class homes. Much of the exhibition is given over to what actually happened ‘at home’ in the nineteenth century.

Queen Anne style houses are arguably the most charming and picturesque of all Victorians. In The Queen Anne House: America’s Victorian Vernacular, noted preservationist Janet W. Foster presents a thoughtful recognition of these houses’ place …

Parquet hardwood flooring borders were supplied at a price which was scarcely greater per superficial foot than that paid for a good Brussels carpet.