Curious Objects: A Dalva Brothers Wonder Cabinet Turns Heads at Christie’s

Benjamin MillerCurious Objects

Some 250 of the choicest items from the firm’s inventory are being offered at Christie’s this October, and Dalva Brother’s principal David Dalva III, along with Christie’s specialist Jody Wilkie, talk with Ben about the crème de la crème: a secretary-cabinet resplendent with Florentine pietra dura figurative panels and gleaming ormolu mounts, possibly handled by noted marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre.

Curious Objects: “Where the Past Never Gets Old”—Re-presenting History at Colonial Williamsburg

Benjamin Miller and Michael Diaz-GriffithCurious Objects

In this episode of Curious Objects, Michael Diaz-Griffith treks to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia to talk with chief curator Ron Hurst about a new exhibition at the DeWitt Wallace Museum of Decorative Arts.