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Don't play in the sun: blue-black. Pretty brown. Tar baby. High-yellow. Redbone. A new memoir examines the roots of the color complex, especially the authors I am ten, standing before the gilt-framed mirror over the mahogany cabinet where the silver and good china are stored. It is seven-thirty, and my mother, ......(Continue Reading) New York news: a curatorial revolution is allowing museum visitors to see every object in the collectionall thanks to a publishing magnate of the Say the name Henry R. Luce to most New Yorkers and pat comes the response: founder of Time magazine in 1923, aged just twenty five. Some add that he ......(Continue Reading)Works of art: the latest bath sinks are awash with innovative materials and designs According to the National Association of Home Builders' Housing Facts, Figures and Trends 2004, new homes are larger and have more amenities than ever ......(Continue Reading)Crystal Serenity: Crystal Cruises' long-awaited third vessel offers more of what the line does best - New Ship Review Crystal Cruises has uniquely positioned itself by operating the largest ships that fall into the top end of the cruise market. Yet the trio--Crystal ......(Continue Reading)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)
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