Gothic Revival

The cosmopolitan city of London Snapshots byHeide and Frieder KonradWrite from Graz,……Parliament otherwise known as the Westminster, is the home of English Parliament. The magnificent Gothic Revival masterpiece was built between 1840 and 1888.Hop on Hop off. Discovering the…

MisterPeter! has added a photo to the pool: Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

Above Munich – Day 13: While everyone knows the front of the Gothic Rathaus with its famous……to the Ratskeller restaurant with its six inner courtyards. The type of architecture, considered Gothic Revival, dates back to the 1740s in England as an attempt to revive medieval buildings…

Sometimes in the Victorian era of furniture making, you can see the confluence of two styles in one piece simultaneously as you can see with this sidechair to the right. Both Gothic Revival (spires, arches, crockets) and Rococo Revival (serpentine & foliate seat, cabriole legs) are represented…

Grand View Antiques & Auctions presented a wonderful collection of more than 400 period and Victorian items from estates in Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania at their September 12 sale held at the North Georgia Event Center, Dawsonville, GA. The top Victorian furniture lot of the…

today’s second city guide holds a special place in my heart. savannah, georgia is probably my favorite city in the world, home to a fantastic……significant in a variety of styles including Federal, Georgian, Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate, Regency, Victorian, Colonial and

The center, top floor windows of this building in downtown Portland caught my eye first. Then I noticed that center embellishment at the bottom of……Blanchet originally lived in this house, which was built in 1879. The Gothic Revival-style building had divine beginnings, but through the…

Hadrian's Wall: The biggest threat to what is left of the wall is tourists who walk on it. Since the 2003 completion of the footpath that runs the……London: Sir Horace Walpole’s folly in Twickenham which sparked the Gothic Revival craze in the early 19th-century, cannot raise the £8…

I was pressed for time this week, otherwise I would have given you more advanced warning of this sale which is happening today and tomorrow in New Orleans. The above-pictured Belter-attributed table will be part of the sale as well as several other notable Victorian-era pieces. This Gothic chair…

Flomaton Antique Auction has suspended it’s monthly auctions indefinitely, but that hasn’t stopped Nevin Heller from bringing quality antiques to the world.  I was perusing his antique site, “Circa 19th Century” (a business which appears to have been in operation since 1986) and the…

Getting dressed was more complicated for a well-to-do woman in the 19th century. She wore undergarments, a camisole, petticoats, a laced corset,……all of regular height. Slipper chairs were made in all Victorian styles: Gothic Revival resembling castles (1840-60), Rococo or Louis XV…

Being an important tourist destination, the city of London is visited by millions of tourist and visitors throughout the year. And so accommodation……for instance, the Industrial Revolution, the English Renaissance, and the Gothic Revival. And because of its rich history and cultural…