For centuries, handwoven cloth from the Kashmir region of the Indian subcontinent has been revered for its exquisite softness and decorative surface patterns. Cashmere shawls by Dr. Sheilagh Quaile
Unsettled by industrialization and the ugliness of the modern world, Victorians looked back to the Gothic style. Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin, Palace of ... by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
The visual vocabulary of classical antiquity was well-suited to the the British Empire’s temple of knowledge. Robert Smirke, The British Museum by Ben Pollitt
A tribute to home, hearth, and hounds, this painting hung in Queen Victoria’s sitting room and earned her praise. Sir Edwin Landseer, Windsor Castle in Modern ... by Amy Robson