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American painted furniture: A new perspective on its decoration and use - Winterthur - Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum's collection
Although late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century American painted furniture has been studied and written about by numerous scholars over the last ......(Continue Reading) The painted furniture of Maine
In the preface to his seminal study on the subject, American Painted Furniture, 1660-1880, of 1972, Dean A. False Jr. wrote that he "hoped this work ......(Continue Reading)Perhaps the most spectacular—certainly the most expensive—piece of furniture ever sold is being offered in London. In New York, meanwhile, a
'Masterpiece' is a much abused word, not least in the art business. But on 9 December, Christie's London offer one such stupendous, peerless piece, the Badminton cabinet. Alvar Gonzalez Palacios, t...(Continue Reading)Turning the tables: bigwigs are stirring up the kids' furniture market. But when the sawdust settles, entrepreneurs prove they can play, too - Biz 101
THE CHILDREN RUN INTO THE ROOM TO play. Inside, the table and chair are hand-painted in a sailor motif, and the bed has scalloped edges with a matching ......(Continue Reading)Notebook: Betty Blue—that Gallic paean to sex, PMT and throwing furniture out the window—is back
Just for a moment, it was 1986 again. I was at university and having a tough time with my boyfriend. Oh, there was so much pain, so much woe. Once I ......(Continue Reading)
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