Well regarded as a repository of priceless artworks and antiques, the famed stately manor in the Derbyshire countryside has now revealed never-before-seen treasures from its fashion archives.

Scott Maddux and Jo leGleud have risen to the top of the London design scene with unexpected interiors and inexhaustible enthusiasm.

The partners in the London and New York firm Michaelis Boyd have fun with their projects and steer clear of the conventional, usual and expected.

The in-house expert of this 125-year-old London gallery tells us why silver matters today, how to spot a fake and which pieces are the finest.

Step inside the designer’s latest project: the Franklin, a Venetian-inspired London hotel that brims with moody, romantic elegance.

Father and son John and James Bly offer everything from 18th-century furniture to contemporary ceramics at their London gallery inside a former brewery.

As we slide toward the end of 2016 amid a clutch of holiday parties and seemingly endless shopping excursions, there’s a respite on the horizon: vacation. That means we'll finally have time to sit down and read a good book — a luxury rarely afforded by the busy fall season. This part of the year is also when the most sumptuous tomes on decorating, architecture and fine living are published. So, for lovers of good design, it may be time to reinforce the coffee table: The seven monumental selections below are among the best of the bunch, but they are also just the beginning.

The sisters — one a famous model, the other a noted gilder — craft lustrous lamp bases, mirrors and decorative objects in their Scottish studio.

Saddle up! We're opening the barn door for a look at the unbridled aesthetic power of horses.