Passion for the peculiar at Anna Miles Gallery
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Courtesy of NZ Herald
18.08.2004 By ANDREW CLIFFORD
In today's fast-paced environment of sleek glass towers and functional, minimalist furniture, the extravagant decorations and distractions of pre-Victorian times can seem so strange, they may as well be from another planet.
It was a period of elaborate elegance and ritual, of wigs, hooped skirts and snuff, when any respectable society lady wouldn't be seen without a lap dog in tow.
Image: Boxes and brooches by Octavia Cook at Anna Miles Gallery
Passion for the peculiarCourtesy of NZ Herald
18.08.2004 By ANDREW CLIFFORD
In today's fast-paced environment of sleek glass towers and functional, minimalist furniture, the extravagant decorations and distractions of pre-Victorian times can seem so strange, they may as well be from another planet.
It was a period of elaborate elegance and ritual, of wigs, hooped skirts and snuff, when any respectable society lady wouldn't be seen without a lap dog in tow.
Image: Boxes and brooches by Octavia Cook at Anna Miles Gallery