Marie Antoinette’s passion for furniture and genius for bagatelles, however evanescent their purpose, filled the French royal palaces with beauty and charm, as Matthew Dennison reveals

Whether vestiges of paganism survived Europe’s Christianisation is a subject of enduring fascination. Scholarly debate navigates between the ‘maximalist’ position (much survived) and the ‘minimalist’

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Making the best use of fabric scraps, rag rugs may have been born of exigency, but the creativity behind their intricately woven designs knows no bounds, discovers Matthew Dennison

As with any other market, demand for antiques fluctuates. Taste changes over time, and what was once fashionable – and expensive – falls out of popularity. For several years now, I’ve been following t

The Graces, dancing in a circle, nude or veiled in diaphanous gowns, celebrated ideal beauty, but were also the touchstone in the battle for supremacy between painting and sculpture, as Michael Prodger reveals