Marie Antoinette’s canapé à la turque has returned it to its original glory, right down to the hand-embroidered jardin that blooms across its cushions.
Scholar: Feats of Clay
Decorative arts expert Marie-Laure Buku Pongo has taken the Frick Collection’s new ceramics installations under her wing.
Exhibitions: Blast from the Past
Bourbon discoveries on the Bay of Naples in Dallas.
The Woman Who Loved Beautiful Things
Rita Lydig coveted rare art and ravishing antiques to the point of bankruptcy. But her fine-tuned aesthetic sense remained intact until the last penny.
Books: Peak Performances
Hokusai’s Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai, edited by Kyoko Wada
Auctions: Wake Up Call
Timely results in the world of carriage clocks.
Good Ordinary
In a picturesque Dorset village, a celebrated architect and designer lives amid polished Georgian tables, curious Victorian chairs, and romantic Edwardiana.
Curious Objects: From Barn to Yarn: The story of spinning wheels, with Heavenly Bresser
In this episode of our podcast Curious Objects, host Ben Miller speaks with knit maven Heavenly Bresser, founder of the store Heavenly Knitchet and devotee of ye olde spinning wheel…
Books: Monuments Man
Nazi-Era Provenance of Museum Collections: A Research Guide by Jacques Schuhmacher
Exhibitions: Divine Messengers
Old World melds with new at the New Mexico Museum of Art.