How spode willow pattern China became an enduring touchstone in decorative arts
From the Archives: New light: Using science to unmask fake Order of the Cincinnati decoration on Chinese export Porcelain
An archival piece tells the story of a remarkable 18th Century Chinese export porcelain service
Fast Friends
A collection of antique Americana in a contemporary Pennsylvania house demonstrates once again the affinity between folk art and modern design
Object lesson: Pennsylvania Spice Boxes…or are they Chests?…or Cabinets?
First, let’s get the name straight
Openings and Closings: June 30 to July 6
Check out what’s going on this week at museums across the country!
From the Archives: High styles: American design in the twentieth century
An archival article from 1985 makes its web debut!
Going Medieval
Cardiff Castle in Wales embodies the Victorian era’s love for the myth and lore of times long past
From the Archives : Iron in the Gilded Age: Samuel Yellin at Stan Hywet Hall
Samuel Yellin received what would prove perhaps his single most important early commission in 1914, for the Frank Augustus Seiberling estate in Akron, Ohio.
Object lesson: Decor to Go
A Primer on Campaign Furniture
“Conformable to that of the Waters”: The search for the origins of an early Kentucky furniture group
The cabriole-legged furniture of
Kentucky is the result of the region’s particular environmental, cultural, social, and economic forces, a kind of terroir, made manifest in wood