Whether it’s real diamonds or nickel ... Before the 1920s, the main eras for jewelry included the Victorian and Edwardian, where society balls and class divisions imposed the need for pricey ...

A probably unique Victorian silver caster by Walter John Barnard Co is available at Classic Design Furniture Clocks Silver ...

was the haute stone throughout the Victorian era, a time when fashion and jewelry deftly signaled a person’s social status, financial wealth and even emotional state. Victorian dress was rife ...

Ornate Georgian jewelry dates from 1714 to 1830; the Victorian era ... Amand covers culture and neighborhoods in New York City, real estate, California wine country, farmers markets and all ...

Or they could make real people half-transparent through tricks ... Seeing Pepper’s Ghost” is a great example of how the Victorian penchant for allusions and wordplay found its way into this ...

But unlike Diana — who famously paired necklace with a Victorian-style velvet gown designed by Catherine ... more than double ...

While Victorian homes aren’t rare in San Francisco, those that have been restored to look like their original incarnations are. In 1180 Guerrero St., we have just that: an 1884 Italianate ...

On the veranda of a sage-green Victorian in the village of Sea Cliff, Francis and Susan Keenan have hosted dinners and gatherings. Several doors open onto the porch, which the Keenans have treated ...

Victorian Lettering: Jenna Blazevich They say ... Massachusetts Like Abbott, Grace Marks, the real-life woman who inspired Margaret Atwood’s novel Alias Grace, may or may not have been a ...

P eople steal because it’s easy and—with rare exceptions—free of consequences. David Kimmel, who resides at Northpoint Training Center, a former state mental hospital repurposed as a medium-security ...

Real-life Victorian women sleuths were not always on the side of the angels, or of their fellow women. But they played an important role in breaking cases that brought skulduggery to light.