American Furniture 2014
To show how revolutionary it was, he begins with the walnut high chest and dressing table with turned legs made by John Head in 1726 for Caspar Wistar, a German immigrant who arrived in 1717 and became a successful button manufacturer. . Explaining ...
The furniture fair is mad for modern
Her latest, Zelda, is a diamond-shape fixture with custom brass hardware and LED tubes. Products at the show included Ecotono's Feeler pendant light with an integrated Bluetooth speaker, Mio Feltforms decorative panels that double as acoustic tiles ...
The Intrigue of a Heist: Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm
This morning she'd finished scraping off centuries of songbird guano from the cage's floor. It wasn't a birdcage .. They dispersed into the rooms, filling their bags with needlework samplers, old desk clocks, a silver-hilted hunting knife. They had ...
Trend spotting at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair
NEW YORK — National and global brands catering to lovers of modern design and contemporary furniture exhibited their hottest wares last month at the 27th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair. Held annually in New York, ICFF (as it's known ...
Tiffany scenic leaded window and lamps, plus Howard & Davis and Seth ...
In addition to over 200 antique clocks (a specialty of Fontaine's), these categories will include antique lamps by makers such as Tiffany Studios and others, fine period furniture, over 15 porcelain plaques by KPM, Royal Vienna etc., marble and bronze ...
The Man Who Would Oversee WWIIs End
Knickknacks on FDR's desk—pigs, donkeys, and other odd mementos—were swept away, replaced by a model cannon, a clock, and pen sets. From a glance around the study, Navy men like Truman also turned his broom on the old guard. Harold Ickes, Frances ...
Where Howard Hughes Was Underfoot
As a house tour enticement, “Do you want to see Howard Hughes's vault?” is pretty irresistible. Of course you want to see Howard Hughes's vault. Who doesn't? And Ash Shah, the homeowner who asked, looks thrilled to lead you down to the basement....