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the-gloomth · 9 months

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Pre-Spooky Season Sale!

It’s ALMOST Halloween season so it’s the perfect time to have our last sale before Halloween season truly descends upon us! Get $20 off any order over $75 til August 12th 2023! Code: HALLOWEENISH Valid worldwide. No cash value. Can’t be used with other coupons or towards existing orders. Can’t be applied to rush shipping costs. Questions? Email us! [email protected]

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londiniumlundene · 3 years

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Strawberry Hill House

Horace Walpole, youngest son of Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, took out a lease on Chopp’d Straw Hall in Twickenham in 1747. The following year, he purchased the small 17th-Century house, renamed it to Strawberry Hill, and set about turning the property into a suitable country seat. Taking inspiration from medieval Gothic cathedrals, Walpole added towers, spires, battlements and stained-glass windows as he pleased, gradually expanded the house such that, by the time of his death in 1797, it had doubled in size.

Strawberry Hill’s unique appearance was not limited to its exterior. Inside, Walpole sought to create an atmosphere of “gloomth”, with dimly-lit rooms housing his vast collection of antiquities and curiosities. Despite the low lighting, these rooms were extravagantly decorated, being painted in vibrant colours, covered with intricately patterned wallpapers, or adorned with gothic carvings. Amongst these, Walpole crafted a somewhat spurious family history, using artworks to link his lineage to crusaders and Tudor nobles.

Even in Walpole’s own time, visitors were drawn to the house and its gardens, such that its owner would often rely on a housekeeper and a self-written guidebook to provide tours to the public. Strawberry Hill would also become the inspiration for the first Gothic horror novel, The Castle of Otranto, said to have been written after Walpole dreamed of seeing a giant armoured fist on the highest bannister of the grand staircase.

After Walpole’s death, Strawberry Hill passed through the hands of several relatives. Two successive owners in the 19th Century spent most of the family fortune, leading to the “Great Sale” of 1842, in which most of the contents of the house were sold off, such that today it seems rather barren. The following century would see the house slip into disrepair. However, extensive restoration in the early 2000s mean that the decoration looks as good as it did in the 1790s (bar a few rooms where later additions have been kept), and modern visitors can expect the many helpful room stewards to provide a wealth of information on the house and its history.

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belitaa · 4 years

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Week 1 - Gothic Revival

Video 1 of the 6 videos of the history of design talked about Gothic revival. And this made me want to talk about The Strawberry Hill house. A Gothic REVIVAL architecture style icon.

The strawberry hill house was owned by the son of a rich prime minister, named Horace Walpole. Horace was a fiend of European elegance, beauty, and Gothic buildings. The house was actually out of style at the time, and seen as a flamboyant experiment. Walpole WANTED the house to be weird and out there. He specifically went for the look he called “gloomth” (The word gloomth also refers to morbid Victorians who treated preparing for death as an elaborate hobby). Some even speculated that because Horace died a bachelor and only enjoyed the company of older ladies that he was homosexual. In general, Horace was seen a weird guy but other artists respected his fine tastes and his ability to combine Gothic with other design elements (weird objects he collected).

Some key architectural/decorational components integral to the Gothic design of the house include:

Ancient stained glass

Grant portraiture (by Rubens and Van Dyck)

First century Roman marble

A mirror used by Elizabeth I’s necromancer

coins & prints

wood carvings

spires

high windows

pointy ceilings & arches

fancy medieval wallpapers

Cluster columns

Qua-trefoils

Gold finishing

While The Strawberry Hill house didn’t single highhandedly revive Gothic, Horace was respected for his tastes and admired by many through his home tours and parties (which he held and even made a guide book for).

Horace's guide to the Strawberry Hill house, which he introduces: “ It will look, I fear, a little like arrogance in a private man to give a printed description of his villa and collection, in which almost everything is diminutive. It is not, however, intended for public sale, and originally was meant only to assist those who should visit the place.”

Outside the house

The gallery

The library, notice the glass and the Qua-trefoils

The “Tribune” (a room to show off his possessions)

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the-gloomth · 5 months

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Black Friday at Gloomth

Tis the season! It’s weird that Canada hasn’t really done Black Friday sales til the last 5 years or so, but here we are and who doesn’t like a sale!? This will be our last discount code of 2023 so if you’ve been eyeing something on the Gloomth site now’s your chance! Get 20% off any order over $100 til December 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Code: NOVEMBER Valid worldwide. Cannot be applied to shipping…

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the-gloomth · 1 year

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Friday the 13th Sale!

We have a Friday the 13th in January this year! Traditionally any 13th of the month landing on a 13 is unlucky but obviously that is not the case here at the ‘Cult! So we’re having a little lucky sale (mostly in preparation of new stock arriving). 😉 Get $20 off any order over $95 til Monday, Jan. 16th. Valid worldwide, no cash value. Can’t be used with other codes or towards photoshoot…

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the-gloomth · 1 year

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Spring Sale!

We’re still waiting for spring weather here but we do have a little spring sale happening right now on our site to make some room for new styles. 🙂 Get $25 off any order over $75 on our website with the code: GOTHSPRING Valid worldwide! Cannot be redeemed for cash or applied to existing orders, one code per order only. Not applicable to shipping upgrades. Questions? Email me! -Tae

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the-gloomth · 1 year

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Black Friday is On Now!

Black Friday was never a ~thing~ in Canada until the last few years, so despite our anti-bandwagon stance (generally) we’re hopping aboard. But instead of just a one day sale we’re keeping it on til the end of the month. Get $25 off any order over $100 til Dec. 1st! Code: SHADOWS Valid worldwide! No cash value. Can’t be used with other codes or applied to existing orders. Questions? Email us!

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the-gloomth · 2 years

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Pre-Halloween Sale!

Halloween is quickly approaching! If you’re planning to wear Gloomth this October here’s your chance to get a deal on your favorite style! Get $25 off any order over $80 on our website til October 1st! Code: ALMOSTOCTOBER Valid worldwide, no cash value, cannot be applied to existing orders or with other codes. Only on our site- http://www.gloomth.com!

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the-gloomth · 2 years

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Last Call Clearance

Some of our designs won’t be restocked in their current formats (or at all)! This is just a heads up about a few of those styles that once they’ve sold out- that’s it! Our “Tombstone” jumperskirts may come back someday with a redesign but never in the babydoll style or with this exact emblem on the front! We have a couple left in black and red! Our “Secret Garden” dress is going away due to…

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the-gloomth · 27 days

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Spring Sale!

SPRING SALE!!!!!!! Help us prep for the next new designs by making your closet even more fashionable! We have a litttttttttttle discount happening **only** on our website til April 5th! Get $20 off any order over $100! Code: BUNNYBUNNY Valid worldwide! No cash value, cannot be applied with other codes or on existing orders. Not applicable to Tea Party tickets.