Richard Hayman

'The Green Man'

Bog | Engelsk

Green men are figures or heads that were carved in churches, abbeys and cathedrals from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Inspired by the illustrations in book margins where heads were used to terminate trails of foliage, they were usually carved in

'Chinoiserie'

Bog | Engelsk

From blue-and-white china tea sets to entire suites of Chinese-inspired rooms, Chinoiserie, a decorative style inspired by the art of the Far East, gripped Britain from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. Despite taking its name from the