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The Ladies of Llangollen

As we celebrate LGBT History Month, Sarah Bentley explores the relationship between the two 18th-century women known as the Ladies of Llangollen.

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The art of soundproof design

Too much noise is more than annoying – it has serious negative effects on health and cognitive ability. Find out how designers and architects are mitigating the downsides of sound.

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  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: the Chinese pavilion: decorative furniture, lamps and other interior decorations. Photograph, 1904.
  • Interior of the decorative and elaborate court pharmacy of Rastatt. Coloured line engraving.
  • The Taj Mahal (?), Agra, India: interior: decorative tomb (?). Photograph, ca. 1900.
  • Pompeii: the Stabian baths, a view of the interior, with decorated ceilings. Photograph by Alinari, 1931.
  • The Taj Mahal, Agra: interior: decorative marble screen enclosing the sarcophagi of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jehan. Photograph, ca. 1900.
  • An ornate sixteenth-century pharmacy of S. Maria della Scala, Sorrento: right corner of interior showing decorated pharmacy jars on shelves. Photograph.
  • The ornate sixteenth-century pharmacy of S. Maria della Scala, Sorrento: interior with decorated bench and a large mortar in centre. Photograph.
  • The ornate sixteenth-century pharmacy of S. Maria della Scala, Sorrento; left corner of interior showing decorated pharmacy jars on shelves. Photograph.
  • A richly decorated interior, in which the elderly painter Titian shows a painting to a seated client. Engraving by J. Le Keux, 1846, after L. Price.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: the Prague School for Arts and Crafts exhibit: an art nouveau interior with a decorative fireplace and wooden panelling. Photograph, 1904.
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