Modern Victorian-inspired design is making its way into houses across the world. Here are a few tips for incorporating this trend into your home.

More than wall art or furniture, a coffee table book presents an opportunity to express something of yourself in your decor. And, let’s face it, a coffee table book is more decor than actual ...

An Eccentric Victorian, His Book and the Giant Pink Pastry of a House He Inspired In “The Octagon House,” published in 1848, Orson Squire Fowler wondered why anyone would build a four-sided ...

The first book, Ana María and the Fox, focuses on the eldest sister, her conflict between what’s expected and what she wants, and her romance with a biracial politician.The second, Isabel and ...

The features that define Victorian architecture — bright colors, intricate woodwork, dramatic roofs — sound cheerful enough. So why has the style popularized in the 19th century become so ...

Plum Cottage in Padstow, Cornwall, has been brought to life by Jess Alken and her husband, Ash — and is the latest addition ...

The Poison Book Project examines antique books for heavy metal pigments — including mercury, lead and arsenic — commonly used in Victorian bookbinding.

Yet this versatility is what made arsenic so ubiquitous in a variety of Victorian-era products, from home decor and wallpaper to clothing and books. When combined with copper oxide and lime, it ...

Books: Victorian Childhood. 4 minute read. TIME. July 7, 1947 12:00 AM GMT-4. ... to discuss such recondite matters as literary style and changing concepts of right & wrong.

The Poison Book Project is working to identify old books that contain toxic pigments like arsenic, which made Victorian-era books in the 1800s more eye-catching. Melissa Tedone is leading the project.

See Rockwood mansion, a 19th-century Gothic style manor during this year’s Holiday Open House. DelawareOnline.com (Wilmington, DE) See the Gothic mansion decked in festive decor ...