Despite the technological and manufacturing advancements of the 19th century, many artists of the time looked to the past for inspiration. Visual artists developed the Pre-Raphaelite style.

A metamorphic chair at Bloomsbury Antiques & Curiosities A chair designed in the mid-19th century by Augustus Pugin, an English architect, is described by antique store owner Frank Coates in this ...

If Henry Bowen had a carriage accident in New York, you read about it in the LA Times. Born into modest circumstances in Woodstock, Connecticut in 1813, he became one of the celebrity one-percenters ...

A chair can be simple, with plain lines, or it can be a “conversation piece,” with exuberant carvings and colorful upholstery. Now that “Gothic” is one of the favored styles of decorating, unusual and ...

This remarkable Gothic villa is one of many which once adorned the Island,” wrote the city Landmarks Preservation Commission.

From opulent jewelry and historic furniture to fine art by Modern masters, the Estates Auction staged by New Orleans Auction Galleries brings together an expansive breadth of rare—and in some cases ...

Editor’s Note: This post originally ran in 2010 and has been updated. You can read the previous post here. Lyndhurst, located in Tarrytown, N.Y., is one of America’s finest castles. The house was ...

Tefaf is the only fair held in the Park Avenue Armory to make use of its period rooms on the first and second floors, whose architectural features reflect the building’s original Gothic Revival style.