On the Failed Design conference at Bard Graduate Center
This Week’s Top Lots: April 19 – 24
Top Lots in the world of antiques
Old master and nineteenth century drawings
Works from the Held collection
Arts and crafts silver
The art and craft of collecting silver
Queries: Paper lined bed testers
Cybèle Gontar and Stephen Harrison are writing an article on paper-lined bed testers. Decorative wallpapers have traditionally been placed on walls, ceilings, and folding screens. Less commonly, wallpapers were also used to cover valances and ceilings of bedsteads in the late eighteenth century. Bed and window valances covered with paper were advertised by Francis Delorme, a French immigrant craftsman in …
Make a date with Henry VIII
How the world celebrated the 500th anniversary of King Henry VIII’s accession to the throne
Fakes and Forgeries at the Brooklyn Museum
An exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum puts authentic works and forgeries together
This Week’s Top Lots: April 11 – 17
Important pieces in the antiques world – up for auction this week
Traffic-stopping lot to be auctioned at Freeman’s
A model of a NYC traffic light is up for auction
The Faces of Madison, Georgia
A portrait exhibition at the Madison Morgan Cultural Center