A recent acquisition at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Early photographs: Daguerreotypes
On the creation and collection of daguerreotypes
Endnotes: Money in the bank
Laura Beach closes out our latest issue
Dealer Profile: Sumpter Priddy III
How Sumpter Priddy III became a preeminent antiques dealer
The London Season
The start of the season this year
On Chintz: A Conversation with Rosemary Crill
An interview with Rosemary Crill, senior curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Downsizing at the International Fine Art Fair
The biggest thing about this year’s International Fine Art Fair (May 1 – 5) was the grand arrangement of cherry blossoms and white lilies flanking the entry to the Armory Drill Hall. Inside there were fewer exhibitors—thirty-nine down from sixty last year. But size and quantity are not the measure of anything when it comes to fine art, and as …
The American Wing gets ready to soar: Renovation and Refinement
Emerging from a much-needed remake, the Met’s American decorative arts galleries and period rooms shine as never before
The American Campeche chair
Invented in ancient Rome, the Campeche chair was a favorite of Thomas Jefferson during the American neoclassical period and still serves as a symbol of political power
Kem Weber and the rise of modern design in Southern California
On the Barker Brothers’ Los Angeles 1926 shop opening and the work of Kem Weber