A look at the height of Tiffany and Company’s success and some of their most stunning mixed-metal wares…
Curious Objects: Advice Ep: How to Buy a Vintage Engagement Ring
From choosing a stone to navigating superstitions, this Valentine’s Day we are talking all about engagement rings.
Curious Objects: The Woman Who Saved Wedgwood
All about the iridescent “Fairyland” pattern, which revitalized the Wedgwood brand…
Curious Objects: “Enriching Your Life Through Collecting” at The Winter Show
Three distinguished collectors discuss the objects they live by and through, at this year’s edition of the Winter Show.
Curious Objects: The Beatles as Painters
Casey Rogers, senior vice president at Christie’s, chats about a unique painting by John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
Curious Objects: The Marginalia That Made Christie’s Value This Book at $1 Million
Rhiannon Knol, specialist at Christie’s, discusses the book that would become the foundational text of modern anatomy—and the special edition they have on offer.
Curious Objects: Making Your Home a Source of Inspiration, with Tara McCauley
In this week’s podcast, interior designer Tara McCauley discusses a small splatter-painted box by artist Thomas Engelhart, a veteran of the houses of Mugler and Hermès.
Curious Objects: Ask Ben Anything
The answers to listeners’ questions for Curious Objects host and silver expert Benjamin Miller.
Curious Objects: Lewis Littlepage and the Amazing Silk-embroidered Dreamsuit
Neal Hurst, curator of textiles and historic dress at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses a colorful suit worn by American statesman and bon vivant Lewis Littlepage
Curious Objects: Why Thomas Cole’s “Course of Empire” Cycle is as Relevant Today as in the 19th Century
We discuss a watershed in the genre of landscape painting, with timely implications: Thomas Cole’s Course of Empire cycle.