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


