The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt. Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, ...
A mantel clock designed by André-Charles Boulle with a movement by Claude Martinot (circa 1726) © The Trustees of the Wallace Collection An exhibition at London’s ...
"Published in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London"--T.p. verso. Summary "Glenn Adamson's last book, Thinking Through Craft, offered an influential account of craft's position ...