JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2026


PUBLISHER'S LETTER

Don Sparacin

IN CONVERSATION

The Conservation Problem                  Urvashi Lele, in partnership with The Winter Show

THE OBSCURE CONNOISSEUR

Part III: A portrait of the author
as a teenage rare-book collector.
Ralph Gardner Jr.
Illustrated by Colleen Bayley Harrington

IDEAS

Rereading History: Publisher Assouline unveils a curated selection of antiques for sale in its stores.                                 
Urvashi Lele

OBJECTS

Hoisting the Flag: How national flags have come to represent all that is good and lawful in modern society.
Benjamin Davidson and Pippa Biddle

PERSPECTIVES

Lansing Moore Jr. on a new home
for young antiques dealers and
Mitchell Owens on the timeless
allure of black lacquer furnishings.

MUSEUMS

Global Reflections: The Indepen-
dence Seaport Museum's director discusses their new exhibition on early American trade with China. Peter Seibert

HIDDEN GEMS

Wendy Moonan explores Féau
Boiseries’ new American showroom, Erin Corrales-Diaz unveils a breathtaking American furniture acquisition at the Toledo Museum of Art, and Lisa Minardi champions new discoveries in Pennsylvania German redware.

EXHIBITIONS

Thomas Gainsborough’s
fashion portraits at the Frick
Collection and filmmaker
Wes Anderson’s archive at
the Design Museum, London.

JEWELRY

An American Story: Tucked away
in a private studio on Madison
Avenue, the family of jeweler Oscar
Heyman, trained in a Fabergé
workshop, carries on his legacy of
legendary craftsmanship.
Sarah Davis

BOOKS

The Frick Collection: The
Historic Interiors published
by Rizzoli New York.
Sarah Stafford Turner

FLEA BITE

Columnist Christine Hildebrand
uncovers a pair of Comme des
Garçons trousers that bring
her fleeting fashion career full
circle and shine a renewed
spotlight on the influential style
icon Linda Dresner.

WORDPLAY

“The Family Monkey” by Russell Edson
Made in America by Will Nediger
Illustration by Mazzy Beyer
Edited by Rick Sharp

ENDNOTES

The author looks back on
more than fifteen years of
writing Endnotes, using tennis
as a metaphor and drawing
inspiration from a new
exhibition at the Newport
Art Museum.
Eleanor H. Gustafson

Image
Saltillo serape depicting George Washington, northern Mexico, c. 1875. Wool with cotton warp, 91 by 45 inches. This blanket reflects the cross-cultural demand for souvenirs tied to rising American nationalism around the period of the nation’s Centennial. Photograph courtesy Material Culture, Philadelphia.


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