Drexel University’s Robert McCracken Peck comes on the podcast to talk about the “hollow earth” theory and a globe in this episode of Curious Objects.
They all slept here (From our Archives)
Furnishing the interiors of a historic house should strike a delicate balance
Themes and Variations at Shelburne
Formal, academic rigor is not the point here; curiosity, wonder, and enchantment are
Stories You Can Wear
All About the Genre of Narrative Jewelry
Looking both ways: A Pennsylvania collection keeps present and past in constant touch (From our Archives)
“My husband said the house screamed for antique furniture–but I have a hard time with sameness.”
At home in modernism: The John C. Waddell collection of American design (From our Archives)
Waddell’s New York City apartment is filled with striking examples of American design from between the wars
The Work of Lucy M. Lewis, Acoma Pueblo Potter
We found the pot near the bottom of a box at the back of our second storage unit in an industrial area of Kingston, New York
Living with Thomas Jayne (From our Archives)
Jayne describes what he does as “collage decoration”
Intelligent Design (From our Archives)
A look at the evolution of the decorative arts collections at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
William Blake Revisited at the Morgan
Genius, William Blake informs us, always transcends its age