| Knights and Castles: A History of Irish Furniture |
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I first met Desmond FitzGerald, the romantically titled Knight of Glin, during my university vacation in the summer of 1993. A year later, I found myself in the hall at Glin Castle, his family seat on the banks of the river Shannon in County Limerick......
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| Lifestyle: American Folk Art in a Classical Setting |
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The classical architectural elements of a Connecticut couple's 1912 Italianate style house provide the perfect backdrop for their captivating array of folk art. Objects acquired over the past thirty years are artfully placed within the spacious floor.......
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| Lifestyle: Mutual Appreciation -- A Florida Collector Displays His Passion for 20th-Century Pennsylvania Impressionists in a Tropical Setting |
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Some thirty years ago, when a south Florida CEO with northeastern roots set out to establish his art collection, he determined to choose from the heart, selecting works he loves -- distinctive twentieth-century American impressionist, realist, and.......
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| Lifestyle: Mutual Appreciation -- A Florida Collector Displays His Passion for 20th-Century Pennsylvania Impressionists in a Tropical Setting |
7th Anniversary
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Some thirty years ago, when a south Florida CEO with northeastern roots set out to establish his art collection, he determined to choose from the heart, selecting works he loves -- distinctive twentieth-century American impressionist, realist, and.......
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| Lifestyle: The History Within |
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For one mid-Atlantic couple, collecting is "a pleasure you can count on for a lifetime." The success of that philosophy is evident in every nook and cranny of their home. In over forty years of collecting, the couple has gathered the best of the best......
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| Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall |
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Artist and designer Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of the famed New York jewelry firm built his dream home in Oyster Bay, New York, between 1902 and 1905. On nearly 600 acres overlooking Cold Spring Harbor, the......
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| Moses in Miniature: A Recently Discovered Portrait by John Singleton Copley |
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The significance of a newly found portrait miniature (Fig. 1) by John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) is greater than its tiny size. Discoveries in the oeuvre of an artist so thoroughly studied, so scrupulously inventoried, so eagerly sought-after, are rare....
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| Mr. Petrie's Shop on the Bay |
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In the bustling urban landscape of mid-eighteenth-century Charleston, a sizable artisan community, who satisfied the material and luxury demands of the city's cosmopolitan population, flourished. Among them was Alexander Petrie (ca. 1707-1768), whose......
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| Museum Expansion: Renovation of a Masterpiece -- Yale's Louis I. Kahn Building |
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With the recent reopening of Yale University Art Gallery's Kahn building, this pioneering structure is set to rekindle both admiration and discussion. Having undergone a $44 million renovation, the well-worn relic of mid-century modernism is set to......
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| Noteworthy Sale: MME Fine Art, LLC |
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Alfred Thompson Bircher (1837-1908) was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and spent his early career in New England. Although largely self-taught, he painted with the artistic luminaries of his time. When working in the White Mountains he was.....
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