Berlin Woolwork

Osbert Lancaster , the illustrious and witty commentator on the history of British interior décor, has much to say on the Early Victorian period, including: The mantelpiece is transformed into a parade ground for the perpetual marshalling of rows of Bristol glass candlesticks, Sévres vases, Bohemian lustres around the glass-protected focal point of a massively allegorical clock. For the better…