Its origin story may be muddy, but the world’s enduring love for the Chesterfield sofa is clear. Though the late 1700s ...

The katakle, a three-legged stool, dates back to the Kingdom of Dahomey, which was founded in the 17th century off the coast of modern-day ... It was a ceremonial portable throne symbolizing stability ...

The katakle, a three-legged stool, dates back to the Kingdom of Dahomey, which was founded in the 17th century off the coast ... It was a ceremonial portable throne symbolizing stability and ...

Apparently executed during a late 17th century restoration of Cupid and Psyche ... ascended to the papal throne. Passing through the trap door in the ceiling of the atrium to enter the newly ...

Policemen watch as vehicles are torched during communal clashes prompted by protests demanding the removal of the tomb of 17th-century Mughal ... when he ascended the throne after imprisoning ...

The Shah of Iran subsequently captured and sacked Delhi, the Mughal capital, and emptied the royal treasury, taking home the fabled Peacock Throne and the Koh ... of the Mughal nobility in the late ...

The founder of her house was Humbert the White-handed, who ruled Savoy in the 11th century. Among her ancestors ... the Shah was silent on his Peacock Throne. But Iranian court circles pointed ...

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New research published by the University of Exeter has revealed that the Queen drew upon John Milton's depiction of Adam and Eve in his 17th century poem ... accession to the throne in 1952.

The latest local example is The Amazing, Fabulous, and Spectacular Untruths of Juan Garcia, Amphibian Stage artistic director Kathleen Culebro’s adaptation of the 17th-century play La Verdad ...

A bird in the hand; India; 17th century (Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art) Even in a country obsessed with the metal, this stands out as an extraordinary extravagance. The peacock throne ...

Based on a number of written records, the Mughal Empire acquired the stone sometime during their reign over India, between the 16th to the mid-17th century. Then, in 1628, the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan ...