One of the most widespread and accessible of art forms, interior design is also one of the most fragile and fugitive: houses are demolished, rooms gutted and redecorated. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, interior decoration was taken very seriously by upper and middle class households. They were proud of the results, and often had them photographed. Historic England’s archive holds tens of thousands of these images, mostly taken by the firms of Bedford Lemere & Company and Millar and…
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