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Comments on the Practice of Connoisseurship
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Summer 2001
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A connoisseur is 'one aesthetically versed in any subject, esp., one who understands the details, technique, or principles of a fine art; one competent to act as a...
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Cosway Bindings
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Summer 2001
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In the first decade of the twentieth century, the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran & company introduced a type of binding that was decorative...
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Museum Focus: Higgins Armory Museum
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Summer 2001
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The Higgins Armory Museum contains one of the largest collections of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance arms and armor...
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Small Wonder: A Miniature Armor by E. Granger of Paris
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Summer 2001
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Among the holdings of the Higgins Armory Museum are miniature armors and elements. One of the finest is a suit that measures under...
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The Importance of Scale in Framing Works of Art
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Summer 2001
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Edouard Manet (French, 1832–1883) said, 'Without the proper frame, the artist loses 100 percent.' Many noted artists...
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The Windsor Side Chair in the Dining Room
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Summer 2001
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The introduction of Windsor side chairs at the close of the Revolutionary War opened a new chapter in the popularity of this vernacular seating style in America...
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Vermeer and the Delft School
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Summer 2001
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Vermeer and the Delft School, the exhibition at The National Gallery, London, from June 20 to September 16, presents a rather different image of Delft’s most...
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An Introduction to Understanding Antique Delft
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Early Spring 2001
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Delftware was produced in most Western and Middle Eastern countries between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries...
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Bacchus and Ariadne by Giuseppe Cades (1750–1799)
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Early Spring 2001
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Born in Rome at the midpoint of the eighteenth century to a French father and an Italian mother, Giuseppe Cades (1750–1799) was a child...
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Celebrating the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s
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Early Spring 2001
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Department of Costume and Textiles houses one of the oldest and largest collections of its type in the...
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