23.12.14

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Sugar plums anyone?

"In this 1868 advert for Sugar Plums we see the red of the jacket, but the hat is green and he appears to have no trousers on at all." - See more at: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/a-pictorial-history-of-santa-claus/#sthash.k2mKqMD7.dpuf

New exhibition explores history of decorative borders: from medieval manuscripts to William Morris

Sir Galahad, the Quest for the Holy Grail by Arthur Hughes (1870). Works from pre-Raphaelite artists like Hughes are on di...