Sentences with phrase «of edwardian»

I'm looking for a round mirror at least 90 cm in diameter to go above the mantelpiece in the living room of an Edwardian country house.

The owners of this Edwardian terraced house in London decided to give their home a complete new look and banish the rather disjointed decor they had inherited.

«Inspired by the romantic glamour of the Edwardian era, this elegant trend mixes floral chinoiserie prints for a pretty, feminine look,» says Andrew Tanner, who is Head of Home Design at Sainsbury's.

The couple were keen to restore as many of the Edwardian features as possible, and wanted to give this room a club - like feel.

Airy voiles, reminiscent of Edwardian parasols, and stripped birch poles make a pretty sunshelter.

With its mix of Edwardian, industrial and mid-century features, this stylish dining room hits all the right notes.

Fancy Cycling, a book first published in the UK at the start of the Edwardian Era (1901) is being reissued.

For this exciting new dwelling in west London, architect Richard Dudzicki faced the challenge of designing a contemporary light - filled home while not offending the sensibilities of its Edwardian surroundings.

Some residents of his Edwardian street in Chiswick were aghast at the prospect of a modern house.

John Singer Sargent was an Italian - born American painter whose portraits of the wealthy and privileged provide an enduring image of Edwardian - age society.

Migrations: Journeys into British Art (2012) ranged from Sir Peter Lely to Frank Bowling, using the permanent collection to explore the artistic effects of emigration; Looking at the View drew imaginatively on Tate Britain's landscapes; while an exhibition of Edwardian portraits, Forgotten Faces (2014), offered insights into the taste and the collecting policies of Tate Britain and reminded us of some extraordinary artists and sitters.

The grand artists of the Edwardian age had moulded their figures and then paid stonemasons to do the dusty hard graft: Hepworth, Moore and the brilliant Henri Gaudier - Brzeska (killed in the first world war) did their own carving and learned the secrets of stone, the way it can break and open and release magic forms.

And he commissioned portraits of his son, one by John Lavery, another by Charles Sims, which were largely sentimental visions of an Edwardian boyhood.

Lund's painting presents a misty grey and butter - yellow expanse of London's skyline at the height of Edwardian prosperity.

You may choose to visit Olveston House, a modern masterpiece of the Edwardian Era, this 35 room mansion was offered as a gift to the city of Dunedin in 1966.

The award - winning Heathrow hotel, part of Edwardian Hotels London, is SO much more than a standard airport stay - over.

Iype Abraham, commercial development director of Edwardian Group, said: «As a luxury lifestyle hotel in the heart of London, The May Fair is a historic building with a modern design.

Smaller Hotel in the style of an Edwardian home, situated in Bloomsbury, 1 block from Tottenham Court Road tube station...

Known as the City of Arcades due to the high concentration of Edwardian, Victorian and modern arcades, the shopping in Cardiff does not disappoint.

The line was built to take advantage of Edwardian tourists wanting to see the rustic charms of the Swiss Alps.

It gradually becomes clear that this isn't the first time Grace's mettle has been tested: Perhaps the steely drive necessary to climb the ranks of Edwardian society is the ultimate survival skill.

The whole thing is so steeped in the stiff - upper - lip ethos of Edwardian propriety that it practically demands to be read in the drawing room with a cup of Earl Grey tea served in Limoges bone china teacups.

One of the most notorious and bizarre mysteries of the Edwardian age, for readers who loved The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

But what was fascinating about that is it wasn't until I was in my twenties and talking to academics that I discovered that I accidentally had a fairly encyclopedic knowledge of Edwardian popular fiction.

Inspired by Wharton's letters, The Age of Desire is by turns sensuous — Fields» descriptions of Wharton's homes and apartments are far more mouth - watering than her depictions of Edwardian rumpy - pumpy — and sweetly melancholy.

This nonfiction account of the lives of the three Jerome sisters — rich Americans who married British aristos, and one of whom became the mother of Winston Churchill — is a «beguiling chronicle» of the Edwardian era, replete with descriptions of homes, dresses and extramarital affairs with royals.

This is the largest and fastest of the Edwardian - era racing cars meant to set record speeds.

Automobiles of the World — A diagram of a No. 11 Fonc / A Monster made too small — Two seldom - seen photographs encourage Bill Boddy to recall that imitation «Chitty» / Malvern Motoring Magnificence — Edwardian Motor cars by A.B. Demaus / 1916 Crane Simplex M5 — A demonstration of Edwardian refinement and quality at its best — the Editor reports / Question of property — The story of registration by Mike Worthington - Williams / A day with a Talbot — Michael Brisby reports on one of the outstanding British cars of the 30's the 105 / Meetings The Norwich Union RAC Classic 1986 / The tale of McEvoy — Ken Hurst recalls the makers of Zoller superchargers.

After all, Scorsese was the American cinema's great purveyor of organized crime, misguided vigilantism, and brutal violence; what was he doing making a «costume drama» of Edwardian manners?

But in a film with as much to show as The Lost City Of Z — the primeval aura of the rainforest, the social currents of an Edwardian ballroom, the muddy deathscape of World War I — the functions of emotion and exposition blur together.

The very mention of the hyphenate Merchant - Ivory effortlessly conjures up heavily stylized images of Edwardian England, replete with stiff upper lips, effete aristocrats, and young women confined by both corsets and repressed desire.

In stage plays like «Fan» and «The Importance of Being Earnest,» Wilde used wickedly sharp dialogue and glittering farce as scalpels, laying open the hypocrisies of an Edwardian upper - class audience that only felt the sting on the hansom - cab ride home.

A page for describing UsefulNotes: World War I. Towards the end of The Edwardian Era, between 1914 - 1918, a war broke out between two alliances: the French -...

This beautiful 1970s white cotton lawn / prarie dress is in superb condition and is a classic example of the Edwardian / Victorian style that was famously popularised by Laura Ashley during...

The Dress I have always had a deep love of Edwardian dresses, and a wedding felt like I finally had an opportunity to indulge my dream.

Why I said the history dork in me loves this, is because this was one of the most popular trends of the Edwardian fashion / early 20th century.

An everyday outfit consisted of an Edwardian blouse and a floor - length skirt to go with it.

Up until the days of the Edwardian period, and then again from the swinging sixties onwards, boots had (and have) been a major wardrobe player.

It was very interesting and I love lace and ruffles, so a modern version of the Edwardian era is something up my alley.

Same here, I love the modern versions of the Edwardian era!

I do love the corset choice, it does remind me of a sort of Edwardian look, and I think that suits you to perfection.

By simply tapping in a surname, address, town or year, the database throws up a snapshot of Edwardian social history.

The question which nonplussed botanical illustrators of the Edwardian era is no nearer a resolution today.

A new public searchable database provides access to a unique and inspirational treasure trove of amazing stories and pictures through what Lancaster University researchers term the «social media» of the Edwardian era.

Kipling might be the quintessence of Edwardian Britishness, but he was born in India, George Bernard Shaw was Irish, Elias Canetti was born in Bulgaria, Doris Lessing was born in Iran and brought up in Rhodesia, V S Naipaul was born in Trinidad, T S Eliot came to study here as an American and stayed and even Winston Churchill had an American mother.

In it, the projection of compassionate conservatism, or appeals to the grandchildren of Essex Man, or debates about the nature and extent of modernisation, will be useless - as antique as the certainties of Edwardian England must have seemed in the depression - wracked 1930s.

One could think of the Edwardian British Empire, or perhaps the pre-Conciliar Church.

Not exact matches

The national ethic became identified with the interest of the middle class promoting it; Edwardian artists and intellectuals delighted endlessly in exposing the powerlessness of conventional Victorian virtues; and even the phrase «Victorian virtues» became a synonym for hypocrisy.

We all order our children's clothes from the same upscale retailer, an elegant purveyor of classic clothing with styles evoking sheltered and civilized Edwardian childhoods.

So here is my catalogue of suggestions for reading on a very long trip — maybe a convalescent's journey down to the seaside to take the purging air, or some other trip suitably Edwardian in nature and extent.