The Lansdowne House drawing room at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Two years ago we enjoyed a tour of Philadelphia Museum of Art, of which the centrepiece was, undoubtedly, the Lansdowne House drawing...
Furniture and Interiors at Osterley Park
Osterley Park remains one of our favourite country houses in England. We have visited it a few times by now and each time there is...
Top 11 Luxury Dog Houses from Madame de Pompadour to Peacock's Finest
By early 17th century lapdogs had become extremely popular with royalty and high society and were kept not only for companionship but were c
Thomas Chippendale: Britain's Most Celebrated Furniture Designer
Thomas Chippendale (1718 – 1779) was a London cabinet-maker and furniture designer in the mid-Georgian, English Rocco, and Neoclassical...
Story Of A Chair, or The Attribution Conundrum
This particularly graceful English country house hall chair from the late Georgian - early Regency era was sure to have some aristocratic co
Osterley Park: Elizabethan Meets Neoclassical
On Friday we went to see – oh! the palace of palaces! and yet a palace sans crown, sans coronet – but such expense! such taste! such...
Kenwood House: London's Finest Country House
'...a fine example of the artistic home of a gentleman of the eighteenth century...’ The Iveagh Bequest Act, 1929. Kenwood House, on the...
Culzean Castle: Scotland's Hidden Gem
Culzean Castle was constructed as an L-plan castle by order of the 10th Earl of Cassilis. He instructed the architect Robert Adam to...
Robert Adam: The Father of British Neoclassicism
Robert Adam (1728 – 1792) was one of the most celebrated architects of his day. As one of the most influential of the architects at the...
Harewood House: Neoclassical Excellence
'I would not exceed the limits of expense that I have always set myself. Let us do everything properly and well, mais pas trop.' - Edwin...
