| Mount Vernon Envelope Table |
Holiday 2002
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Crafted in England around 1750, this mahogany “envelope table” would have been......
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| Museum Focus: The Michael C. Carlos Museum |
Holiday 2002
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The Michael C. Carlos Museum is often referred to as the “hidden jewel” in Atlanta’s cultural crown. Housing the oldest museum collection in......
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| Notes on Packing and Crating for the Collector |
Holiday 2002
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Have you ever wondered how those blockbuster art shows are moved between museums across the......
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| Oui, Three Kings |
Holiday 2002
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To the novice, the fine furniture of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France presents a bewildering array of stylistic variations that can be intimidating to attempt to identify. In particular, applying the......
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| Pair of Igbo Ugonachomma Display Figures |
Holiday 2002
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When they were not being used for ritual purposes, ugonachomma adorned the homes of their owners, and......
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| Pair of Side Chairs |
Holiday 2002
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his pair of elegant mahogany side chairs epitomizes the graceful carving that is quintessential Chippendale......
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| Polychrome Baluster Vase |
Holiday 2002
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Painted in vibrant colors, the imagery on this large polychrome chinoiserie vase depicts flowers and trees in an......
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| Portrait of a Man |
Holiday 2002
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This painting serves as an important document for 19th-century lighting in America, specifically the Solar lamp, which is seen here on......
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| Rail Travel |
Holiday 2002
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In 1938, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company decided to enhance their premium trains in anticipation of improving economic times......
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| Reinventing Childhood |
Holiday 2002
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In the 1840s, Queen Victoria dressed her young sons in pint-size sailor suits, a notion of hers that set a fashion......
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