The Magazine Antiques articles from August 2004

The Magazine Antiques archives from August 2004

The vase in the decorative arts.(Current and Coming)
August 1, 2004... In recent years the study of the decorative arts, particularly glass, ceramics, and metalwork, has benefited enormously from archaeological excavations carried out on land and beneath the ocean floor. Yet, for the most part, the resulting...

The lowly flowerpot.(Current and Coming)
August 1, 2004... The terra-cotta flowerpot is the workhorse of all ceramic objects, which is probably why its shape has changed little since classical antiquity. Even in the early eighteenth century the English designer Batty Langley advised that plants that...

Early American politics.
August 1, 2004... In the colonial period the wives of men in the public eye were far from shrinking violets. Take Martha Washington, for example. In October 1775, en route to Boston to join her husband and his troops, she stopped in Philadelphia where she was...

Museum accessions.
August 1, 2004... In the 1780s States Morris Dyckman acquired from the Miers firm in London a silhouette portrait of himself that today hangs at Boscobel, his house in Garrison, New York. A loyalist during the American Revolution, Dyckman also owned portraits of...

The patronage of George III and Queen Charlotte.
August 1, 2004... George III is generally remembered for two things: being the king of England when the American colonies fought for and won independence, and his lengthy bouts of mental illness. There was, however, much more to his sixty-year reign, and these...

Edward Hopper retrospective.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Edward Hopper was born in 1882 in Nyack, New York. After completing high school he studied illustration at the Correspondence School of Illustrating and subsequently attended the New York School of Art, both in New York City. In 1906 he was...

Paris Biennale.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The Twenty-second Biennale des Antiquaires takes place from September 15 to 28 in the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. More than one hundred dealers from Europe and North America will offer for sale pictures, sculpture, objets d'art, manuscripts,...

The world of Chaucer.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Best known for The Canterbury Tales (c. 1375-1400), Geoffrey Chaucer was the author of many other works of verse and prose. His early work was heavily influenced by the French tradition of the poetry of love, and about 1370 he translated the...

Victorian decoration uncovered.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... In 1851 the Crystal Palace was built in London to house the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, an event under the patronage and active participation of Prince Albert. The profits were immense--equivalent to about [pounds...

Eighteenth-century London.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... The title of this month's book narrows itself into a cone as it progresses: The Small House in Eighteenth-Century London: A Social and Architectural History. The introduction is something of an apologia for these self-imposed limitations,...

Calendar.(Calendar)
August 1, 2004... The arts here and abroad--a compendium of exhibitions, symposiums, and lectures [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] California LOS ANGELES J. Paul Getty Museum: "The Arts of Fire: Islamic Influences on Glass and Ceramics of the Italian...

Antiques.(influence of rivers and canal systems in American history)
August 1, 2004... And empires rising where the sun descends!-- The Ohio soon shall glide by many a town Of note; and where the Mississippi stream, By forests shaded, now runs weeping on, Nations shall grow, and states not less in fame Than Greece and...

The Westervelt Warner Museum of Young America.(in Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
August 1, 2004... Anyone seriously interested in the history of American art from the eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries has probably seen a work from the remarkable collection formed over the past forty years by Jonathan "Jack" Westervelt Warner....

European glass in the Venetian style 1500-1750.
August 1, 2004... In these our daies, wherein gold and silver most aboundeth... our gentilitie... do now generallie choose rather the Venice glasses, both for our wine and beere. (1) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For nearly three hundred years, beginning...

Southern bottle cases.
August 1, 2004... The bottle case--a fitted box set on a frame with tall legs--is one of the furniture forms most sought after by southern collectors today (see Pls. III, IIIa). Mainly found in parts of North Carolina and Virginia, the earliest bottle cases date...

The French rococo revival along the Mississippi River.(Cover Story)
August 1, 2004... In his influential Architecture of Country Houses (1850), Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852) noted: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There is, at the present moment, almost a mania in the cities for expensive French furniture and...

The browser.(Where to find antique shows.)(Directory)
August 1, 2004... ANTIQUE SHOWS www.AntiquesCouncil.com Founded in 1990, the Antiques Council manages antiques shows for charities and promotes excellence in collecting through our Focus program. Member expertise is known worldwide. Details and calendar...

Historic houses, landmarks & museums of the west.(Directory)
August 1, 2004... CALIFORNIA BAKERSFIELD: Kern County Museum, 3801 Chester Ave., 93301. Explore thousands of historical and cultural artifacts in 57 historic buildings on 16 shady acres. The whole family with enjoy Black Gold: The Oil Experience, and award...

Calendar of shows.(Calendar)
August 1, 2004... August 5-7. Blue Hill, ME. ACADEMY ANTIQUES SHOW. Maine's prestigious annual summer show features outstanding dealers with a wide range of quality antiques. Thursday and Friday, August 5th and 6th, 10:00-6:00; Saturday, August 7th, 10:00-4:00....

Clearing house.
August 1, 2004... Rates: $130.00 per single insertion for 25 words. $115.00 per issue under contract for 6 months per year. $100.00 per issue under contract for 12 consecutive months. $3.50 per additional word. Deadline for the October issue is August 21,...

Garden containers.
August 1, 2004... Toward the end of her long and productive life, the landscape architect Beatrix Farrand (nee Jones; 1872-1959) spent her time cultivating her own garden, called Reef Point, in Bar Harbor, Maine. She had made provision in her will for it to...