An exhibition organized by The Neustadt, the largest collection of Tiffany glass, comes to Cincinnati. Continue reading
Tiffany Studios: Painting with Glass
Antiques & Design
Features From Previous Issues
All that Jazz
A New York exhibition takes the first comprehensive look at America’s taste in design during the 1920s. Continue reading
The Hand of the Craftsman
Professedly functional but sometimes fanciful, American Arts & Crafts objects still lend themselves to harmonious living. Continue reading
A Fabergé Trove Comes Home
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts reinstalls its massive collection of Fabergé objects after a world tour. Continue reading
Let There Be Light
Today’s best lighting designs are really sculptures that illuminate. Continue reading
Fabric of Society
Under the reign of Louis XIV, the art of tapestry was esteemed higher than painting, prized for its power to impress the masses with royal power and wealth. Continue reading
Flight of Fancy: Colored Diamonds
Colored, or “fancy,” diamonds have gone from being a curiosity to being the ultimate prize among gems. Continue reading
The Italian Line
The grace and verve of postwar Italian design are causing it to find new favor with collectors and take its rightful place in the 20th-century canon. Continue reading
Perfect Timing
Starting in the late 18th century horologists and other artisans poured all their ingenuity and fantasy into extravagantly decorated mantel and desk clocks. Continue reading
Silver Age
In 19th- and early 20th-century America, new wealth and social competition spurred a sterling surge of artistry in tableware. Continue reading
Carlo Bugatti: Furnishing a Fantasy
The extravagant, eccentric designs of Carlo Bugatti transcend the Italian Art Nouveau era to occupy an imaginative realm all their own. Continue reading
Crown Jewels
An exhibition at the Denver Museum of Art showcases the creativity and daring of the Maison Cartier. Continue reading
Furnishing the Nation
The Kaufman Collection of American antiques, now on view at the National Gallery, chronicles the evolution of taste, technique, and creativity in a young country. Continue reading
The Lalique Mystique
French designer-entrepreneur René Lalique was a wizard who could make glass do just about anything—and die-hard devotees of his works will do just about anything to get them. Continue reading
A Flowering of Talent
Louis Comfort Tiffany brought nature’s beauty indoors with his luxe glass creations, which are being highlighted in several current museum shows. Continue reading