The women of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America have been preserving history since 1891.
Objects: Masters of Disguise
Made for a simple purpose—to store
tea securely—antique wooden caddies come in a variety of ingenious forms, some made to confound would-be thieves, others to amaze.
PASSING FANCIES: What Happened to Curtains? A conversation with textile specialist Natalie F. Larson
Natalie F. Larson owns Historic Textile Reproduction, a company that specializes in producing textiles and custom window treatments for historic preservation projects undertaken by federal agencies and private collectors.
Behind Closed Drawers
At the Kravet archive in Woodbury, Long Island, tens of thousands of textile samples from around the world are assiduously catalogued and preserved, serving both as a comprehensive record of sewn, woven, embroidered, and printed design history, and as inspiration for contemporary makers.
Living with antiques: Domestic Arrangements
In the bijou New Orleans apartment that decorator Thomas Jayne shares with his husband Rick Ellis, old things provide the bright backdrop to a gracious existence.
A String of Pearls in a Shoebox
In a radiantly decorated and appointed turn-of-the-century tea house on a Long Island estate, the vision of American artist and Elsie de Wolfe protégé Everett Shinn stands revealed.
Hispania Dreaming
A bespoke showcase for the extensive antiques collection of its builder, Casa del Herrero, near Santa Barbara, remains the finest exemplar of the Californian fashion for all things Spanish during the first decades of the twentieth century.
Talking Antiques: The 2025 Winter Show
The Magazine Antiques is excited to announce the upcoming 2025 Winter Show to take place beginning January 24 through February 2, 2025 at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City.
Mistress of Her Domain
Emerging during the late Middle Ages, the domestic space known as the estrado kept pace with the ever-increasing reach and buying power of well-to-do households in Spain and the Spanish Americas, becoming a showcase for fineries from the world over. But as a female-coded area, it provided women a degree of autonomy and self-expression not generally possible in Continental or colonial society of the time.
Jewelry: Lalique on the Rise
The master of art nouveau ornamentation gets an airing at Macklowe Gallery in New York, in what is the largest stateside showcase for his jewelry in over twenty-five years.