Located on sixty acres in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Fonthill, the home of Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930), one of the leaders of the American arts and crafts movement, stands as a testament to handcrafted goods, replete with relics dutifully gathered by Mercer in the wake of the industrial revolution.Mercer, a Bucks County native, graduated from Harvard in 1879. After receiving a law …
Utility, artistry, and soul: The collection of Allan and Penny Katz
Photography by Gavin Ashworth | August 2009 | “It escapes the form,” Allan Katz will say, to explain why he favors one particular piece of American folk sculpture over others of its genre. What he means is that the artist or craftsman, while satisfying the needs of the client—the nineteenth-century tobacconist who wanted an Indian figure, the barber who needed …
Luxury and Linke in the 21st Century
François Linke’s works are up for auction with Bonhams
The 17th Annual Newport Symposium: A Great Escape
The Preservation Society of Newport County celebrates their 17th annual symposium
Editor’s letter, April 2009
Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Pochoda introduces the latest issue of ANTIQUES
Portrait miniatures in the New Republic
How America found its face
Indiana Modern
The fate of the landmark Miller House
in Columbus, Indiana, hangs in the balance
Ralph Emerson Carpenter Jr., 1909-2009
Remembering Ralph Emerson Carpenter Jr.
Palladio Minimus: A Georgian dollhouse and the 18th century miniature world
Only a small handful of early English doll- houses survive, and most lack a complete provenance going back to original owners and makers
Not for sale: An exquisitely made collection of miniature furniture
An exquisitely made collection of miniature furniture that was bought, sold, and bought again by Connecticut antiques dealers takes up permanent residence


