X has been used to represent love and kisses for centuries. But how did it start?
While the origins of the cross as a kiss are still debated, the answer likely lies in the letters of working-class lovers ...
Louis Vuitton’s High Jewelry Collection Honors 19th Century Innovation
Awakened Hands, Awakened Minds' by Louis Vuitton and its creative director, Francesca Amfitheatrof, is the second in a series ...
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Pictet + Broillet Adapts a 19th-Century Hayloft for the Collection du Crest
The barn, located on the Château du Crest estate, is now home to a private collection of Swiss landscape paintings that honor the museum’s agricultural setting.
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Museum Scoops Three Masterpieces by Overlooked 18th Century Portrait Painter
A Luxembourg museum has scooped three portraits by 18th century painter Monique Daniche, featuring the elite of Strasbourg ...
Inside Fashion’s Mysterious Silly Hat Festival
How a tradition that started off as a way to find a partner became a day for the industry to celebrate itself.
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HLOM presents 19th century dressmakers exhibit
“A Dressmakers Work: Fashioning the 19th Century” opened Tuesday at the Holland Land Office Museum. The public can view the ...
How Valentine’s Day was transformed by the Industrial Revolution and ‘manufactured intimacy’
In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London’s foremost card manufacturers – to ...
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Gustave Caillebotte: A Fresh Lens on Masculinity in 19th-Century France
The J. Paul Getty Museum is presenting the first major exhibition of Gustave Caillebotte in the United States. Caillebotte ...