The infamous Bloomsbury Group were a collective of artists, philosophers, writers and intellectuals active at the exciting time of early British Modernism...
Category: decorative arts
The Victorian Country House: Morality, Domesticity & Organisation
Running a household in Victorian England had become a science – with tasks to be delegated and a system of categorised activity for those at every level of society...
Pass the Salt: Cellini’s Famed Salt Cellar
Celebrated the world over for dexterous works across the arts, Benvenuto Cellini struck a virtuoso performance through the skill of his hand and the intricate workings of his mind...
The Elizabethan Country House & Cult Of Sovereignty
From 1570 – 1620 one can chart the ‘Elizabethan building boom’. Here, we see an unprecedented rise in the building of ‘proud, ambitious heaps’ and the beginnings of the architect...