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The (America) House that Mrs. Webb Built (From our Archives)
Aileen Osborn Webb (Mrs. Vanderbilt Webb) came from a family of art patrons
Object Lesson: All About the Windsor Chair
The work begins with the riving of logs
New Light: Blyth Spirits
More Benjamin Blyth portraits in oils
This Week’s Destinations for Digital Culture: June 3 to June 9
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Seventeenth-century French enameled watches in the Walters Art Gallery (From our Archives)
In his book Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers, F. J. Britten notes that “watches with enamel painting before 1640 are exceedingly rare”
Museum Visit: Parlor Room Talk
In New Orleans, an intact Antebellum decor tells the tales of many lives, free and enslaved
Curious Objects: The Life and Labor of Enslaved Potter Dave Drake, With Ethan Lasser
In this episode of the podcast, Ethan Lasser tells the story of Dave Drake, an enslaved potter at work in Edgefield County.
This Week’s Destinations for Digital Culture: May 27 to June 2
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Farther Afield: Tokyo Clothes
An exhibition in London examines the kimono, past and present