Victorian London was the richest city in the world, the centre of British society and of a global empire. The houses of the upper and middle classes reflected the complexity of contemporary society and culture, in their interior design.
Almost all of them have gone, but happily, many of these interiors were photographed by Bedford Lemere & Company. Steven Brindle takes us through a selection of these interiors, which range from lavish Plutocrats’ mansions, to crowded middle-class homes, sophisticated Aesthetic interiors, grand Georgian residences, Oriental rooms of various kinds, and interiors conceived as works of art, and as settings for collections.
Dr Steven Brindle is a historian at English Heritage who has published widely on the history of architecture. The lecture reflects research done for a new book, London, Lost Interiors, published by Atlantic Publishing (2024).
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