Jewel purpose

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

The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor ...

Cultural Crusader

Unknown designs by Arts & Crafts master pattern maker William Morris and his assistant, John Henry Dearle, claim the spotlight among this autumn’s launch of textiles and wallpapers. It begs the questi

Whether it is adding contemporary paintings to a gallery of Old Masters or branching out into territories as diverse as Modernist chairs, Iranian tiles or Churchill memorabilia, the passion for collecting seems to run in some families, as Eleanor Doughty discovers

Louis Comfort Tiffany, son of the famous jeweller, was born into one of the most prominent families in America. He originally trained as an artist, but developed an interest in the manufacture of glas