| Rosewood Overmantel |
Holiday 2002
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This is the only known element to have survived the 1942 demolition of Rockwood Hall......
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| The History of an Heirloom |
Holiday 2002
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In 1705, Maria Wendell Sanders (1677–1734) gave birth to a son that she and her husband, Barent Sanders (1678–1757), named Robert......
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| The Quilts of Gee's Bend |
Holiday 2002
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Since the mid-1920s a group of exceptional women from the small town of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, have created hundreds of quilt......
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| A Haven in Hyannis |
Summer 2002
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Maritime antiques are hot, and that suits Alan Granby and Janice Hyland just fine. Dealers in nautical materials for nearly thirty years, Alan and Janice......
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| Canton: Common & Unusual Views |
Summer 2002
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"Pray let them be neat and fashionable or send none," wrote 26-year-old George Washington to an English trader in 1758. The future general and......
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| Cast-Iron Fireback |
Summer 2002
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This is a rare, early survival of a cast-iron fireback. It is dated 1697 and the design is superimposed with the initials of the then monarchs of England......
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| Chest by Aaron Miltimore |
Summer 2002
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This is the only known chest associated with the previously undocumented cabinetmaker Aaron Fitz Miltimore. Miltimore was born in Londonderry......
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| Chippendale Mahogany Block-and-Shell Slant-Front Desk |
Summer 2002
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Combining regional ingenuity and urban design, this stately desk is a masterpiece of eighteenth-century Connecticut furniture. Its block-and-shell......
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| Coade Naiad |
Summer 2002
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This Coade-stone naiad (water nymph) was designed in the early 1770s by the celebrated sculptor, John Bacon (1740–1799), after a famous antique marble......
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| Collectors' Corner: Sailors' Valentines |
Summer 2002
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With the recent publication of a creatively designed octagonal book devoted solely to sailors' valentines, it is evident that interest in these intricate......
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