In the 20th century, actresses and royals alike donned delicate dresses woven with spun-glass threads. More recently, ...

A sweeping new history explores facial hair as a proving ground for notions about gender, race, and rebellion.

The Gilded Age was a period in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century during whereby several extremely wealthy families managed to construct behemoth houses based on European palaces.

People living in British America and later the nascent United States recorded their family histories in needlework samplers, ...

The building was one of several around O'Connell Street associated with the display of wild animals in the early 19th century ...

Elie Saab, the Lebanese designer long favored on the red carpet, returned to familiar territory on Wednesday, with fall haute couture — and did so unapologetically. In ...

The mid-20th-century designer put common sense back in American womenswear.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This extraordinary waistcoat was ...

Efforts in the early 20th century to improve the quality of medical education in the United States led to a steep decline in the number of medical schools and medical school graduates. In a new ...

The century set the stage for modern life with developments such as the electric light, the electric motor, the telephone, the sewing machine, the automobile, and X-rays. The difference between life ...