The Woman Who Loved Beautiful Things
by Mitchell Owens
Rita Lydig coveted rare art and ravishing antiques to the point of bankruptcy. But her fine-tuned aesthetic sense remained intact until the last penny.
Little Briton
by Michael Simon
At an antiques shop on Madison Avenue, interior designer Michael Simon tells ANTIQUES the lessons he learned from a couture-clad tastemaker.
Thomas Cole Visits Prophetstown
by Sierra Holt
Web ExclusiveArtist Alan Michelson takes residence at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.
A String of Pearls in a Shoebox - In a radiantly decorated and appointed turn-of-the-century tea house on a Long Island estate, the vision of American artist and Elsie de Wolfe protégé Everett Shinn stands revealed.
Hispania Dreaming - A bespoke showcase for the extensive antiques collection of its builder, Casa del Herrero, near Santa Barbara, remains the finest exemplar of the Californian fashion for all things Spanish during the first decades of the twentieth century. 
Talking Antiques: The 2025 Winter Show - The Magazine Antiques is excited to announce the upcoming 2025 Winter Show to take place beginning January 24 through February 2, 2025 at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City.
Mistress of Her Domain - Emerging during the late Middle Ages, the domestic space known as the estrado kept pace with the ever-increasing reach and buying power of well-to-do households in Spain and the Spanish Americas, becoming a showcase for fineries from the world over. But as a female-coded area, it provided women a degree of autonomy and self-expression not generally possible in Continental or colonial society of the time.
Jewelry: Lalique on the Rise - The master of art nouveau ornamentation gets an airing at Macklowe Gallery in New York, in what is the largest stateside showcase for his jewelry in over twenty-five years.
The Politics of Placemats - Besides founding museums and having lots of money, what did Abby Rockefeller, a strict Baptist; Harry du Pont, an introverted aesthete; and the ebullient businesswoman Marjorie Merriweather Post have in common? As it turns out, linen closets piled with a rainbow selection of Marshal Fry napkins and placemats.
Exhibitions: The American Renaissance at Yale - Warren Buffet once told his shareholders that he and his team “enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.” That may be hard to believe for anyone not enjoying his fortune, but the truth is, no matter what the endeavor, it is better to travel hopefully than arrive.
Exhibitions: Siena, an Art-Historical Brigadoon - In the grand arc of the history of Western painting, Siena is indisputably important, but one is not quite sure in what way.
Artful Distortions - In the nineteenth century Paul Kane’s dignified and captivatingly detailed paintings of Native American life, along with the artist’s published travelogue from his sojourn across the continent, did much to form Western notions about North America’s original inhabitants...
Objects: Eggs for Kings - Treasured and embellished ostrich eggs litter what is one of the strangest side paths of decorative arts history—as well as one of the oldest...
Field Notes: Redefining Americana - If it were in any other city, the Brooklyn Museum would be a world-class destination—and for the savvy museumgoer it already is.
LIVING WITH ANTIQUES
Habitat for Humanity
By Stacy C. Hollander with photography by Ellen McDermott and Bridget Sciales
