Step right into the twilight glow wedged in between Victorian restraint and also that roaring ’20s liberation. The Edwardian Era (1901-1910) was a time when corsets loosened, motorcars chugged along, ...
The death of Queen Victoria in 1901 quickly ended the world’s interest in Victorian-style architecture. Her son, King Edward VII, succeeded the queen and advocated for elite high fashion and design ...
THE reign of Edward VII was hardly long enough to make an epoch, and ‘Edwardian’ will never have the rich and varied content of that useful epithet ‘ Victorian.’ The real break, the date that makes an ...
The “golden age” of greeting cards spanned from the late Victorian period into the Edwardian period. In the mid-19th century, ...
In Mark Day’s amazing short video of San Francisco’s recent Edwardian Ball, it’s hard to decide what’s more astonishing: the cosplay or the incredible stage performances. It’s like the gothic ...
Christmas giving and customs during the English Edwardian Era: •Christmas presents were often homemade items such embroidered handkerchiefs, peppermints and sugared almonds that were wrapped in ...
THIS book contains the latest of the well-known series of public lectures arranged by the History Department of King's College, London. “Edwardian England” may be said to include the first decade of ...