The founder of Greenwich’s Fan Museum strains to keep cool about her prize piece| The World Of Interiors
Steeped in the Moderne style, the interwar designer Armand-Albert Rateau also nodded to ancient ecclesiastical architecture to add some god-given glamour to his opulent schemes. Take these three 1920s bathrooms, conceived for a French couturière, a Spanish duchess and an American socialite, which borrow from Romanesque churches, Byzantine basilicas and beyond| The World Of Interiors
In a mountain chapel in Liguria, an extraordinary collection of paintings offer thanks to the Virgin Mary for stepping in to rescue locals from disaster| The World Of Interiors