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Adelphi introduces decorative wallpaper panels

Carolyn Kelly — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:05:00 +0100

Most recently, Adelphi Paper Hangings has created a series of decorative wallpaper panels or décors modeled after those popular in the early 19th century.

Conservation and restoration of upholstery

Cynthia Drayton — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:28:00 +0100

Elizabeth Lahikainen and Associates specializes in the conservation and restoration of the upholstery of objects in museums and private collections, and since 1990 has been affiliated with the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.

Restoring ceramics

Staff — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:38:00 +0100

A look at ceramics restoration with Echo Evetts Ceramics Restoration of Greens Farms, Connecticut.

Seeing green at historic garden estates

Staff — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:33:00 +0100

Although it may already seem like summer—with record-breaking temperatures in some areas this week—spring has actually just arrived, and with it, the chance to explore some of the country's finest historic estates and gardens. Here The Magazine ANTIQUES has selected a few favorites, with the slideshow below offering a taste of some "green design."

Maison Gerard at 35

Alejandro Saralegui — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:47:00 +0100

Dealers, decorators, and clients came out in full force last night to raise a glass in celebration of Maison Gerard's thirty-fifth anniversary.

A new setting for Iliad Antik

Alejandro Saralegui — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:36:00 +0100

A discreet entrance on East 57th Street leads to the new duplex gallery of Iliad Antik, an expansive emporium of elegant design from the neoclassical, Biedermeier, and art deco eras. To coincide with the firm's tenth anniversary last month the husband and wife team of Adam Brown and Andrea Zemel moved their antiques shop, formerly on 58th Street, to this glamorous new space with gleaming limestone floors and French-polished furniture. Soaring ceilings on the main floor and a dramatic cantilevered staircase to the lower gallery present a contemporary foil to the pieces on display.

Collecting Zsolnay art pottery, a conversation with Dr. László Gyugyi

Carolyn Kelly — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:34:00 +0100

Dr. László Gyugyi, a Hungarian-born retired research engineer now living in Pittsburgh, has assembled the finest private collection of Zsolnay art pottery, numbering nearly six hundred pieces. A portion of his collection is now on view at the Forbes Galleries in New York City, before it will be donated to a new cultural center being built in Pécs, Hungary, in the former buildings of the famed Zsolnay facilties. We recently spoke with Dr. Gyugyi about his collection and Zsolnay's remarkable history.

Dealer Profile: James Elkind

Paul O'Donnell — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:40:00 +0100

Elkind, owner of Lost City Arts on Cooper Square in Manhattan, is widely known as an authority on mid-century decorative arts and design.

The Hudson River School at Lake Placid Lodge

Megan Holloway Fort — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:29:00 +0100

An impressive collection of Hudson River School paintings welcomes visitors to the Lake Placid Lodge.

In conversation with...Ralph Harvard

Carolyn Kelly — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:42:00 +0100

While booth design may be a secondary consideration for some exhibitors at the Winter Antiques Show, every year a handful make a splash. Among these, the designs of the New York-based interior designer and architectural historian Ralph Harvard have come to be the most anticipated of the show. We recently caught up with Harvard and asked him to talk about his inspired installations.

The New Americana

Danielle Devine — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:50:00 +0100

For this year's American Antiques Show, the Magazine ANTIQUES presented "The New Americana" a room styled by artist and designer Judith Van Amringe.

Dealer Profile: Clinton Howell

Paul O'Donnell — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:42:00 +0100

Howell's commitmet to transparency, as truth telling is called in the business world, is his antidote to the vagaries of the antiques trade.