For most of us, Christmas decorations involve a few strings of fairy lights, a wreath on the door and maybe a strand or two of tinsel. But John Lewis has decidedly loftier ideas about what families ...

Art Nouveau’s organic shapes surfaced thanks to some underwater inspiration. With serpentine flourishes, a contrasting play of symmetry and asymmetry, and precise, vibrant colors, the zoological ...

A painter who ended up in India fleeing World War II. This unplanned episode led to the creation of unusual decorations: the conjoining of European art nouveau with Indian traditions in the palaces of ...