including the ornate Victorian facade of the building that used to house the City of London School. The main London office in Canary Wharf wasn’t affected.

During this banner year, Napoleon commissioned an ornate sword from Nicolas-Noël Boutet, the master armorer at the state armory in Versailles. He kept the sword by his side until 1815 ...

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When Queen Victoria died in 1901, having spent decades in black-clad mourning, a "stuffy establishment" passed with her, said Rachel Campbell-Johnston in The Times. By the time of her son's ...

Maybe you have an ornate mantel wrapped in marble and intricate millwork, or perhaps you’re working with a charming, timeworn brick surround—either way, having a fireplace (working or not!) ...

ornate candelabra and hand-mirrors, cigarette cases and snuffboxes, and stunning Cartier “objets de luxe”, including a snazzy purple desk clock, from 1911, and a smoky-quartz pencil case. At points, ...

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He excelled in decorative painting, gilding ... A serpentine frieze candleholder for two candles, 18 cm high. A three-light candelabra, with a continuous molding design, 28.5 cm high. A faceted glass ...

Steer clear of overly ornate and fussy ones since they're out ... Its shape resembles an inverted bell. With candelabra lights surrounding the chandelier's perimeter and strings of pearls hanging ...

ROME, Italy - A man jumped onto the altar of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Friday, knocking off six candelabra worth about 30,000 euros before officers intervened, reports said. The man, of ...

ROME, Italy — A man jumped onto the altar of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Friday, knocking off six candelabra worth about 30,000 euros before officers intervened, reports said.

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars. Video posted on ...