| Noteworthy Sales: Painted Leather Six-Panel Screen |
Spring 2004
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An in-depth study of leather screens in the journal of the Furniture Society of...
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| Noteworthy Sales: Pair of Dominique Armchairs |
Spring 2004
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In 1922, André Domin and Marcel Genevriere founded the furniture firm Dominique on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore in...
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| Noteworthy Sales: Sterling Silver Flatware Service |
Spring 2004
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Francis I is among the most highly sought-after of sterling silver flatware patterns. This awe-inspiring, 589-piece service for...
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| Painting a New World: Mexican Art and Life, 1521 - 1821 |
Spring 2004
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This amazing assemblage explores the rich cultural diversity of Mexico over three centuries shown through the blending of Aztec, Spanish, Flemish, Italian, and Asian influences...
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| Pair of Eagle Wall Brackets |
Spring 2004
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This pair of elegant eagle wall brackets are illustrative of high style American taste after the Revolution, and are a testament to fashion and patriotism at the time of the new Republic. Stylistically, the carving...
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| Palm Beach Jewelry & Antiques Show |
Spring 2004
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More than Palm Beach’s glitterati attended the well-publicized premiere of this vast show that featured 234 international jewelry, art, and antiques dealers in the new...
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| Sampler by Liberated African Charlotte Turner |
Spring 2004
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, American and English missionary movements intensified their activities in colonial outposts such as India and Africa. The tradition of sampler making was brought to these countries...
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| Sanford R. Gifford (American, 1823 - 1880) |
Spring 2004
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Sanford Gifford’s paintings are statements of light and atmosphere. Influenced by Thomas Cole and closely allied with artists of the Hudson River School, he is considered a highly original nineteenth-century landscape...
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| The 56th Annual Williamsburg Antiques Forum |
Spring 2004
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For the past fifty-six years, collectors, scholars, and dealers have congregated at Colonial Williamsburg’s annual Antiques Forum. Many attendees return every season to...
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| Through the Eye of the Camera |
Spring 2004
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An historic and aesthetic overview of American photography, this exhibition also provides a pictorial history of an expanding nation. The images follow America’s rise from its...
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