Charles Frederick Worth is the subject of a retrospective at the Petit Palais museum, the first of its kind in France.

Worth: Inventing Haute Couture’ at Petit Palais traces the history of one of fashion’s most influential houses.

From sewing labels into garments to using live models, Charles Frederick Worth was a pioneer that shaped the global fashion ...

There were eight public hangings in Plattsburgh during the 19th century; Peggy Facto was the fourth. British Sgt. William Baker was hanged as a spy in 1814 ... brother’s house with her three ...

As the 19th century progressed ... incursions between 1812 and 1814 that have received the most attention. This timber, which survived the burning of the White House 200 years ago, was donated ...

The already strained relationship between Britain and the fledgling U.S. hit a boiling point in the early 19th century. Britain, embroiled in the Napoleonic Wars with France, put a blockade on ...

An exhibition featuring the works of a 19th century Scottish artist has opened. Duff House in Banff is hosting the 'Private ... He travelled constantly, painting on trips abroad to Italy, France and ...

Philadelphia's Bible Riots of 1844 reflected a strain of anti-Catholic bias and hostility that coursed through 19th-century America ... Catholics in matters of property and voting.

Largely made up of the personal collection of David and Carmen Kreeger, this museum favors 19th and 20th century ... dating from the 13th to the 20th century. The I.M. Pei–designed East Building ...

Largely made up of the personal collection of David and Carmen Kreeger, this museum favors 19th and 20th century paintings ... down by British troops in 1814 and the books destroyed, Thomas ...

Manufactured goods, such as clothing, furniture, and metalwork, were created within people’s homes by blacksmiths ... In each decade of the 19th century, tuberculosis claimed 60,000 to 70,000 ...

A quaint 19th-century Cambridge house could be turned into a seven-person house of multiple occupancy (HMO). MATT Architecture Ltd proposes to turn Grafton House in Grafton Street, Cambridge, into a ...