July 2009 | Santa Fe is known for its earthy elegance and a carefully tended exoticism. Few people have contributed more visibly to its artistic ambience in recent decades than Nedra Matteucci and her husband, Richard. Their deep affection for the heritage of their home state has resulted in a choice private collection of New Mexican art and antiques formed …
History in towns: Another Las Vegas, this one in New Mexico
July 2009 | How much history lies half-buried beneath the surface of the America we have made? From the first there was a ferocious haste to our patterns of acquisition and settlement, as if the dead past of the Old World we had left behind might catch up with us if we did not instantly shape and then ceaselessly reshape …
Tin, Chrome, & Steam
Designer and automotive historian Strother MacMinn once told me, “if it moves, even if it’s a vacuum cleaner going back and forth at three miles per hour, it has to follow the rules of transportation design.” For those enthusiasts who missed this year’s Concours d’Elegance in Greenwich, Connecticut, the Japan Society offers a chance to examine some of the greatest …
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
History in towns: Madison, Georgia
On the homes and history of Madison, Georgia
The Butterfly Man of New Orleans
On the most significant form of colonial French furniture made in the Americas
Museums into the Fray: The Marion True trial
An American museum official is on trial for conspiracy to traffic stolen goods
Harbor & Home
Furniture of southeastern Massachusetts, 1710 1850
Dealer Profile: Clinton Howell
A look into the world of Clinton Howell Antiques
Seymour Joseph Guy: ‘Little Master’ of American genre painting
Seymour Joseph Guy established a reputation as one of the finest genre painters of children