The silver touch

A brass-inlaid rosewood table, three of four Seasons bursting with colour and a rare pair of powder-blue vases should draw every eye at the forthcoming Decorative Art Fair in London

deVOL’s venture into the world of bathrooms continues, and its latest design is the delectable Twin Victorian washstand (from £5,750), a perfect set-up for two. It takes its inspiration from elegant 1

Edward VII swept away the cobwebs of mid-Victorian style, Queen Mary had passion for all things small and the Queen Mother bought rather avant-garde art. In a forthcoming talk, Tim Knox, director of the Royal Collection, charts a century of regal taste

Together with ancient armour, Egyptian cats and illuminated manuscripts, this year’s Frieze Masters sees a colourful work by an even more colourful character, a Nigerian prince who set out to make ‘contemporary Yoruba traditional art’

The latest edition of FAB fair in Paris lives up to its name with a selection of stylish Art Deco pieces, including a chaise longue designed for the last ruling Maharaja of Indore

Over six decades, the American financier and businessman T Kimball Brooker assembled one of the finest rare book libraries ever to come to auction. Dubbed ‘Bibliotheca Brookeriana’, it comprised over