| The European Fine Art Fair |
Spring 2001
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Even the downward Dow could not dim the masterful art on view at The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), held in the small Dutch border town of Maastricht......
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| The Importance of Scale in Framing Works of Art |
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 |
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 |
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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| View of the Schuylkill County Almshouse Property, PA |
Summer 2001
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The nineteenth-century itinerant artist Charles Hofmann, was known to have been a frequent visitor and patient of almshouses, which served as shelter for the sick and destitute. According to Tom Armstrong, author of American Folk Painters......
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| Voysey in America: An Arts & Crafts Floor Tile Discovery |
Summer 2001
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The grand house of oil baron Lafayette Hughes was designed in the Mediterranean style by the prominent Denver...
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| A George II Giltwood and Chinese Reverse-Painted Overmantel Mirror |
Early Spring 2001
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Designed in the Chinese rococo style that was popularized in Thomas Chippendale’s The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director, first published in 1754......
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| A Magnificent Pair of Bronze Seated Dogs |
Early Spring 2001
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A recent discovery, these statues are
the only known examples of their type.
In virtually perfect condition, they sit upright......
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| An Exceptional Pair of Watercolor Portraits |
Early Spring 2001
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This pair of portraits exhibits the bold style evident in work associated with S. A. Shute in the poses, stylized hairdos, large hands, and sweeping horizontal brushstrokes used......
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| An Important Rococo Mahogany |
Early Spring 2001
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In three sections: the upper section with removable scrolled pediment with elaborate ruffle, foliate carving, and carved rosette terminals with dependent......
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