On a recent visit to Bruges I enjoyed visiting the traditional lace shops selling a wide array of handkerchiefs, collars, ...

Members of royalty and the aristocracy were the customers for the fine laces with both men and women competing to display the most exquisite lace on their fashionable clothes in the 17th century ...

She was inspired by lace techniques from the 18th and 19th century. Lillie Sophie Otto Her special liquid latex recipe (which is a business secret) can also be used to build bags without the need ...

19 Extremely Rare, Mind-Blowing Photos From The 18th Century That Show Just How Wildly Different Things Used To Be. Ajani Bazile-Dutes. Fri, May 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM UTC. 2 min read. 1.

Marine expert Edmond O’Byrne's team believes they have discovered the likely remains of the Recovery, an 18th-century that carried valuable cargo before it sank.

In 1907 Mrs. James W. Pinchot proposed to assemble a collection of arts and crafts for the Smithsonian Institution. To start this endeavor, Mrs. Pinchot and her collector friends loaned or donated ...

These Artists Revive the 18th. Copycat classicism is here. Literary re-enactments by the photographer Stan Douglas — and a wave of other remixers — are creating new types of art around Black ...

An amateur metal detectorist has found a stunning 18th-century ring in a field in Norfolk that has links to the British nobility. Malcom Weale, 53, unearthed the gold jewellery in a field near ...