The answers to listeners’ questions for Curious Objects host and silver expert Benjamin Miller.
Curious Objects: Lewis Littlepage and the Amazing Silk-embroidered Dreamsuit
Neal Hurst, curator of textiles and historic dress at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses a colorful suit worn by American statesman and bon vivant Lewis Littlepage
Curious Objects: Why Thomas Cole’s “Course of Empire” Cycle is as Relevant Today as in the 19th Century
We discuss a watershed in the genre of landscape painting, with timely implications: Thomas Cole’s Course of Empire cycle.
Curious Objects: A Met Curator Tells the Strange Story of Louis XIV’s Carpets
This week on the podcast we travel back to the seventeenth century, to the glorious court of the Sun King, Louis XIV…
Curious Objects: Jewelry We Love and Hate, with Gem X
A selection of enchanting bijoux from the personal collections of Gem X, an international club for jewelry aficionados.
Curious Objects: Debunking the Hitler Diaries and Other Adventures, with Kenneth Rendell
Kenneth Rendell needs no introduction for many in the antiques world, and in this episode of our Curious Objects podcast, he is sharing some of his best stories…
Curious Objects: Meet the Millennials Proving That Young People Love Old Things
This week on the podcast, we welcome the intriguingly named Salt Lizard, a two-woman antiques gallery at the center of hipsterdom: Williamsburg, Brooklyn…
Curious Objects: Should Antiquities Return to Where they Came From?
On the quirks and inequities of provenance, tomb robbery, and repatriation…
Curious Objects: All About Amber, with Laura Kugel
Amber gameboards became very popular in northern Europe at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and the subject of this week’s episode represents the very best of type.
Curious Objects: Why You Should Spend $10,000 on a Shaving Bowl
Now on our Curious Objects podcast: Why You Should Spend $10000 on a Shaving Bowl…