Recently more than two dozen of the most significant quilts discovered to date by the Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project went on view at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell in the exhibition Massachusetts—Our Common Wealth: Quilts from the Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, which runs through September 20. So far, some six thousand quilts have been documented as a result …
Inspired by antiques: An American moon and stars quilt
This week I’m taking inspiration from a remarkable quilt that will be up for auction at Skinner’s American furniture and decorative arts sale this weekend (June 7). Dating from the turn of the 20th century, the design of this pieced wool quilt is comprised of four-point stars set between thirty-five full circles and ten half circles—known as a “moon and …
Amish Quilts and Recent Acquisitions at the Textile Museum
The Textile Museum’s recent acquisition of Amish Quilts
Living with antiques: Toy Story
Antique playthings are the core of a Texas collection that also includes Eastern Woodlands Indian artifacts, nineteenth-century furniture, and folk paintings.
Current and coming: Modernist art of the American South
A different perspective of Southern art is on view at the Georgia Museum of Art.
Field notes: Blind Spots
An exploration into the conversations that folk art, and antiques in general, can inspire.
Personal space: One Artist’s Notes on Visiting an Art Fair
Laurene Krasny Brown shares her seven notes on attending an art fair.
Narratives in the Needlework
Storytelling through quilts in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum.
Seamless Transition
An excerpt from the book The New Antiquarians takes us into the Maine home of a young clothing designer turned folk art collector and dealer.
Magazine July/August 2023
Subscribe to The Magazine ANTIQUES today! And sign-up for our newsletter! JULY/AUGUST 2023 Editor’s Letter Gregory Cerio Field NotesBlind Spots Elizabeth Pochoda Current and ComingA self-taught artist in the internment camps; the sculpture of William Edmondson at Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation ; women of the Hudson River school at the Thomas Cole House; Hector Guimard, Architecte d’art, at the Driehaus; and this …