Teviotdale has fascinating historic roots, but there have been numerous practical challenges to maintaining the house over the years.
History in towns: Bristol Rhode Island (From our Archives)
On a blustery March day in 1813, James DeWolf pored over the ledgers in his counting house in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Eero Saarinen in Four Chairs
Between 1929 and 1931, starting when he was just nineteen, Saarinen designed some thirty-five pieces of furniture for Kingswood
Rose Valley Furniture
From 1901 to 1906, a small furniture shop in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, produced a trickle of pieces that looked back, looked forward, and yet were entirely of their time.
Pharm to Table
Yale’s American Furniture Study Center moves to a new home in a former Bayer laboratory.
An Eliphalet Chapin High Chest, Explained, at the Wadsworth Atheneum
“Every part [is] mathematically related to every other part, and visual complexity accumulates step-by-step.”
Into the Future at the George Read II House
A nineteenth-century manse in Delaware is getting up to speed with the twenty-first century
At the 2019 Delaware Antiques Show
The Delaware Antiques Show is in full swing at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware, where it runs through Sunday.
Take Note: New York’s Merchant’s House Museum
The Merchant’s House in New York City is a federal, state, and city landmark that dates from 1832 and contains an excellent collection of fine and decorative art. ANTIQUES spoke with Margaret Halsey Gardiner, who’s been its director for nearly thirty years.
Highland Fling
A strikingly original new hotel in Scotland marries contemporary art and traditional furnishings