Weekend Round Up October 5, 2017
Opening night for the Smithsonian’s Craft2Wear Show is tonight, Thursday, Oct. 5, and it’s also time for the Waterford Fair and the Solar & Green Home Tour.
Lots of Variety at Washington Winter Show
Like other antiques shows (many of which have deemphasized the word “antiques”), the Washington Winter Show is no longer dominated by brown furniture and folk and fine art.
The Auction Block: Asia Week 2018
Here are several choice lots coming up during Asia Week auctions in New York on March 19 and 22-23.
Salt Boxes: Essential Yet Rarely Noticed
Southern foods and salt are like hand and glove. There are many salty foods specific to the mountainous South: country ham, sour beans and...
Salesman Samples: Small Scale, High Value
Peddlers hold a special place in early American culture. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, when there were few stores around, the peddler, with...
Windsor Chairs: The Democratic Seat
Wherever the first Windsor chair came from, in the 18th-century American colonies it became known as the “democratic chair” of the independent American nation....
Salt Boxes: Essential Yet Rarely Noticed
Southern foods and salt are like hand and glove. There are many salty foods specific to the mountainous South: country ham, sour beans and...
The Antiques Addict
There comes a time when any antiques aficionado grapples with some insecurity, the kind that comes with determining whether a piece is a legitimate...
Through the Looking Glass
Although our Puritan ancestors scorned the pretense of personal vanity, mirrors were part of their early colonial households — if used only to glimpse...
Trivets Are Hot Collectibles
Picture a romantic, snowy evening: fireside, burning logs, shining brass firedogs and a hot iron trivet on the hearth. But, you may ask, what,...
