It’s no big secret that the Gilded Age heiresses loved gowns. From the stately mansions of Newport to Fifth Avenue salons, women of the upper echelons of society wore their wealth on their sleeves, literally. But they weren’t simply flaunting…
If you were a woman in the Gilded Age and felt a little faint, anxious or simply fed up with society’s demands, there was a ready diagnosis for your condition: hysteria. Of course, the cure varied depending on your social…
There they were, gleaming pearls at their throats, petticoats sweeping the marbled floors, and protest pamphlets tucked discreetly in their reticules (or so one would imagine). Indeed, these were not your typical militant suffragettes. These were the Gilded Age’s elite:…
Built into the rolling hills of South Oxfordshire just an hour’s drive from London, Stonor Park’s magnificent Georgian red brick manor dominates the surrounding English countryside. Now home to Lord and Lady Camoys, William and Ailsa Stonor, their three children, and Lady Elisabeth…
Brimming with money, self-made millionaires and booming commerce, 18th century America was run by a handful of powerful family dynasties. On the contrary, aristocratic families in England faced immense financial pressure after the renaissance, with costs of running their magnificent estates…