| Silver Rococo Pitcher |
Spring 2003
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Winterthur has recently acquired a significant piece of American silver -- a pitcher attributed to the Swiss-born silversmith Daniel Christian Fueter, who worked in New York from 1754 to 1769....
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| Simon Edgell, Unalloyed |
Spring 2003
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Were it not for the quality of the small amount of pewter that survives with his marks, the role of Philadelphia craftsman Simon Edgell (16871742) in the history of American pewter would have been relegated to obscurity. Of the twelve known pieces wi...
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| The Bayly Suite of Painted Furniture |
Spring 2003
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The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation recently added significantly to its small collection of classical Baltimore painted furniture by acquiring a spectacular suite attributed to Hugh Finlay of Baltimore, Maryland....
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| Woodbury: Antiques Captial of Connecticutª |
Spring 2003
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Picture a quintessential New England village with miles of pristine period homes surrounded by gorgeous countryside and you get Woodbury, Connecticut, an area that has attracted settlers since 1675....
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| A Culture Revealed: Pictures on Seventeenth-Century Chinese Ceramics |
3rd Anniversary
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Like the stories revealed on ancient Greek black and red pottery, the tales illustrated on Chinese porcelain wares produced in the seventeenth century provide insights into the culture from which they came. These ceramics, which bear scenes from Chinese c...
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| A Diamond Within A Square |
3rd Anniversary
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A diamond within a square. What meaning should we derive from this quilt? As outsiders to the Amish community, probably none. Their use of geometric abstraction as symbolic form is intended for the understanding of only those who use this particular langu...
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| American Folk Art Museum |
3rd Anniversary
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It has been just over one year since the American Folk Art Museum opened the doors to its splendid new home at 45 West 53rd Street in New York City-forty years after its founding, the museum finally has a building of its own. As we enter 2003, we are able...
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| An Estate Worth Knowing |
3rd Anniversary
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If you have ever wondered about the person behind the nation’s two major design centers, and what his...
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| Anton Zeleznik: the Coudersport Carver |
3rd Anniversary
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High atop a steeply terraced hillside just outside the town of Coudersport, Pennsylvania, sits a simple wooden alpine cross. Tucked under a tree and set some distance from all of the other graves in the St. Eulalia Cemetery, the cross marks the spot...
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| Best in Snow |
3rd Anniversary
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From polar ice floes by Frederic Church to wintry Manhattan streets by Guy Wiggins, snow scenes are heating up today's art market....
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