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 ...

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

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

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 ...