Art nouveau designs were based on nature. A close look at this table, which sold for $2,750 at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, shows that the side supports literally branch out at the top, where they meet ...

After the conquests of Alexander the Great in Egypt, the Ptolemaic dynasty established Alexandria, the jewel of the ...

Émile Gallé was a French glass artist working within the Art Nouveau movement. Best known for his thick glass objects etched with floral motifs, Gallé often used experimental techniques that included ...

Some Essex towns really go all out over Christmas - and one is so pretty it looks like it could be in a Hallmark Christmas movie! Nestled in the heart of rural Essex, Great Dunmow is a picturesque ...