| Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls: The Women of Tiffany Studios |
Spring 2007
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While Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933) was the artistic genius behind the creative endeavors of Tiffany Studios, the discovery of a cache of correspondence written by Clara Driscoll (1861-1944), head of the Women's Glass Cutting Department, has revealed......
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| Classical Decorative Arts of Philadelphia |
Spring 2007
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Although most of the "fancy goods," or accessories, such as glass, ceramics, and lighting, used in wealthy American homes in the first few decades of the nineteenth century were traditionally imported, household goods of excellent quality were......
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| Classical Furniture in Federal Philadelphia |
Spring 2007
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When Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764-1820) arrived in cosmopolitan Philadelphia in 1798, the city had been the capital of the "new Republic" of the United States for eight years. By introducing Philadelphians to Grecian-influenced architecture with his......
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| Dean Failey: 2007 ADA Merit Award Recipient |
Spring 2007
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It was a biology professor who pointed Dean Failey, this year's ADA Award of Merit recipient, in the direction of his decorative arts career. Dean, senior vice president and senior director of American furniture and decorative arts at Christie's......
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| Destination: Philadelphia |
Spring 2007
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The 46th Annual Philadelphia Antiques Show promises to be among the year's highlights. Recognized as one of the premiere American antiques and decorative arts shows in the country, this year's event will draw fifty-six of the nation's most distinguished.....
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| Discoveries from the Field: A Charleston Linen Press? |
Spring 2007
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A previously unknown early nineteenth-century furniture form from Charleston, South Carolina, was recently discovered over 114 miles away in an unassuming 1930s Columbia, South Carolina, neighborhood. Research is currently underway to identify the......
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| Discoveries from the Field: A Hollingsworth Family Sofa and its Upholstery Revealed |
Spring 2007
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The work of Philadelphia furniture makers of the second and third quarters of the eighteenth century is distinguished by conservative design principles, fine proportions, strong construction precepts, ornamentation that required the skills of carvers......
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| Discovery: John Archibald Woodside, Sr. (1781-1852) Patriotic Watercolor |
Spring 2007
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John Woodside was considered the best sign and decorative painter in Federal Philadelphia; his work possibly influenced folk artist Edward Hicks (1780-1849). Most of Woodside's pieces are unsigned. In this image, Woodside's name is signed on a rock in......
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| Fine Art as an Investment: Colin Campbell Cooper (1856-1937) |
Spring 2007
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A painter of appealing impressionist works who is best known for his vibrant early twentieth century cityscapes, Colin Campbell Cooper (1856-1937) is currently the subject of a bicoastal museum exhibition examining his similarly multifaceted career.......
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| Great American Folk Art at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum: Part 1 |
Spring 2007
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When John D. Rockefeller Jr. established Colonial Williamsburg's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum in 1957, he recognized that the collection needed to grow beyond its namesake's initial gift of 424 objects. New discoveries, evolving scholarship......
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