An excerpt from a new book about fashion in the Gilded Age explores the underworld and afterlife of French couture in the United States
On books: January/February 2022
On the recently published Lover’s Eyes: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection
Village People
From a new book, a selection of astonishing and charming photographic portraits of country folk in early twentieth-century Sweden
End notes: After the Fire: Notes on Notre-Dame
Kevin D. Murphy brings to life the entire story of the Notre-Dame cathedral, including the fire of April 2019
Critical thinking | Difficult Issues: Living Color
There’s never been anyone like David Attenborough. Or has there?
On books: July/August 2021
What effect did 20th century social and cultural developments have on studio jewelry?
On books: May/June 2021
A new publication explores a subject rarely addressed by design historians: how was time experienced by Britons in the early modern period?
The West That Was
Swiss-born artist Karl Bodmer documented Native life in the early nineteenth century with eyes unclouded by notions of Manifest Destiny
The Maker’s Hand
A new exhibition explores the tradition of craft in America and the making of modern art
Quaker Hautes – A review of the new catalogue: American Furniture, 1650–1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Kenny discusses the arrival of an engaging and beautifully made book by Alexandra Kirtley