The writing of...Carousel Horses (N/D '25)
Writing this piece and interviewing carousel experts and dealers was a joyful journey through a field grounded in joy.
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Journal — Object Lesson
The Writing of...The Birth of the Travel Memento
Call us magpies, and you wouldn't be far off. For the September/October 2025 issue of the Magazine ANTIQUES we examined collecting as an art through the frame of the rise of the European Grand Tour.
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The Writing of...Blowin' in the Wind and Whirligigs (MagAnt July/August 2025)
We can all use a little whimsy these days, after all, and whirligigs hold a fascinating past. Invented as fun yard ornaments and tourist souvenirs, whirligigs were often carved by fishermen in the...
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The Writing of...String Theory (May/June 2025)
Do you know what a salterio is? Really, do you?
Well, we aren't surprised. We hadn't either when Michael Diaz Griffith brought the idea of writing our May/June 2025 Object column on a musical instr...
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The Writing Of...Jazz Age Chainmail Purses
We are not “fashion people.” Luckily, we had a guide for our piece on Jazz Age chainmail purses for the Magazine Antiques. The collection we dove into is specific, and quite possibly singular.
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The Writing of...Masters of Disguise (Tea Caddies, Antiques J/F 2025)
With tea caddies as our jumping off point, we knew we had to zoom in closer. The form is so varied — from Chinese porcelain caddies to European wood to American metal — that writing about them all ...
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The Writing Of...Ostrich Eggs in Dress Up (Magazine Antiques Nov/Dec 2024)
The egg came from my grandmother's home after she'd passed. It was wrapped in tissue paper, but already broken. The shards removed, there was no hope of a patchy glue job. A new egg would, my mom s...
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The Writing Of: Bringing Stained Glass Up Close (Magazine Antiques July/August 2024)
We had been looking for a way into Tiffany, and especially Tiffany glass, for a while. We didn't want to go the lamp route, as neither of us is particular taken by the lamps that were designed by L...
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The Writing Of: A.W.N. Pugin’s Gothic Revivalism (Magazine Antiques May/June 2024)
In this "The Writing Of," we go behind the scenes of our May/June 2024 Object Lesson column for the Magazine Antiques focused on the gothic revivalism of A.W.N. Pugin.
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