Severs theatrical genius created the immigrant story of a Huguenot family arriving to live in the house; he called them Gervais, which later Anglicised to Jervis, weaving their lives through the rooms ...

The Dennis Severs’ House isn’t new and it isn’t a secret, most any London guidebook will at least mention it, but descriptions always focus too heavily on the period aspects of the house, when it’s ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. When I was getting ready for a trip to London last fall, a Los Angeles ...

These copperplate engravings illustrate The Principal Operations of Weaving reproduced from a book of 1748 in the collection at Dennis Severs House. Many of these activities would have been a familiar ...