From its redesigned catalogue to its sleek new stands, the Philadelphia Antiques Show looked younger than its 51 years when it opened on Friday, April 27, for a five-day run. Organized as a benefit for Penn Medicine, the show is one of the oldest and most traditional in the country with a reputation for top-flight American, English, and …
Winter Antiques Show 2012
We asked exhibitors at the Winter Antiques Show to highlight one exceptional object in their booths and describe it as they might to an interested collector. Here are the things they chose, along with some of their comments. Barbara Israel Garden Antiques We are thrilled to be bringing a cache of extraordinary objects to the 2012 Winter Antiques Show, including …
Curious Objects: Taylor Thistlethwaite Gets Excited About “Brown Furniture”
“There’s so much life in it. And it matures like fine wine.” Taylor Thistlethwaite swoops in to defend brown furniture on this week’s Curious Objects podcast episode.
The Truth-Teller
A current exhibition charts the career of photographer Dorothea Lange, whose work captures the human condition with uncommon candor.
Field Notes: Serious Fun
A tour of Women’s Work at the New-York Historical Society.
Object lesson: Lights from the Dark Ages: The Lüsterweibchen
All about the world’s weirdest chandeliers.
“Like a Moth to the Flame”
In an excerpt from his new book, furniture maker Michael Coffey describes the beginnings of his transition from one type of good works to another.
The Pre-Raphaelite and the Potter
A current exhibition explores the life and work of an eminent late Victorian artistic couple, Evelyn and William De Morgan.
Field notes: A Matter of Respect
A look into the current state of the repatriation of Native American art and objects in American museums.
New Light: More on Federal Bostonians and Their London Jeweler, Stephen Twycross
A continued study on the work of English jeweler Stephen Twycross.