| Very Fine Silk Embroidered Coat of Arms |
Summer/Fall 2001
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Embroidered coats of arms are a unique New England form of needlework. Ambitious and sophisticated, these fine pieces were prestigious decorations for the home......
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| With New Galleries, Milwaukee Becomes a Decorative Arts Hub |
Summer 2001
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With the May reopening of the Milwaukee Art Museum’s 13,000-square foot galleries for American arts, the Chipstone Foundation has......
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| At Home with American Art: The Collection of Melinda and Howard Godel |
Summer 2001
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Twenty-five exquisite still lifes by American masters—Roesen, Ream, Prentice, Leavitt—line the walls......
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| 'Stars and Stripes Forever': Folk Art with Patriotic Imagery |
Summer 2001
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Some of the most beloved icons of American folk art exhibit patriotic imagery, but surprisingly few books or articles have been devoted exclusively to......
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| A Carved Church Pulpit |
Summer 2001
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Recently reinstalled in the First Church of Bethlehem, Connecticut, after years in storage, is the carved pulpit of the Second Meeting House of Bethlem......
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| A Fine English Small-Sword by Matthew Boulton |
Summer 2001
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The hilt of cut steel pierced with open work and set with polished studs and beads. Mounted on the hilt are blue and white ceramic cameo plaques stamped Wedgwood......
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| A Fine Sword of Justice |
Summer 2001
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The cruciform hilt of cast gilt bronze, the original grip covered with ray-skin. The large pear-shaped pommel with facets and lobes. The superb broad double-edged blade is etched and gilded with foliage and strapwork......
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| A Sichuan Pottery Figure of an Entertainer |
Summer 2001
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The Chinese shuochangyong (talking and singing figures) entertainers would have been part of an ensemble that included actors, musicians, and dancers......
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| A Very Fine and Rare Sheraton Mahogany Server |
Summer 2001
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This table exhibits the elegant, slender proportions, tall stance, and serpentine-shaped top seen on the finest Federal furniture made in Portsmouth, New Hampshire......
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| Alfred Thompson Bricher - White Island Lighthouse, Isle of Shoals |
Summer 2001
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Born in New Hampshire, A. T. Bricher grew up in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and in the 1850s studied art at the Lowell Institute in Lowell, Massachusetts......
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