How papier-mâché bridged affordability and elegance, carrying centuries of innovation into nineteenth-century domestic life. ⬬
Objects: Hoisting the Flag
How national flags have come to represent all that is good and lawful in modern society.⬬
Object lesson: Gallic Bred
Now nearly forgotten, New York furniture maker and French expatriate Léon Marcotte was the toast of tycoons in the Gilded Age.
Object lesson: One Simple Trick
On the enduring appeal of puzzle jugs.
Curious Objects: Mystery Box
Bright young antiques dealers Pippa Biddle and Benjamin Davidson come on the pod to talk treasure—specifically, a homely wooden box that punches above its weight, thanks to its curious Revolutionary War provenance and a Herman Melville connection