Thanks to the discernment of a viscount, Lever Art Gallery preserves one of the most comprehensive collections of fine and decorative arts in the UK.
Object lesson: Social Engineering
The refined forms and high-minded purpose of A. W. N. Pugin’s gothic revivalism.
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.