The Blog: Canvases, carats & curiosities

Walt Disney’s “audio-animatronics” was inspired by an antique singing bi...

Originating in the 1790s, Davenport desks were first made by the renowne...

  In order to experience the unique qualities of a variety of artistic a...

Fabergé silver was produced in the Moscow and St. Petersburg workshops, ...

Paul Revere was truly a “jack of all trades.” In his lifetime, Revere wo...

René Lalique remains one of the most popular sculptors of the Art Deco p...

It’s a common misconception that St. Patrick drove all snakes from Irela...

Berthe Morisot was the grand-niece of the renowned Rococo painter Jean-H...

In China, both bats and peaches are considered fortunate, and are often ...

Beginning in the 4th Dynasty, attempts were made to stiffen and mold the...

Enamel is not paint. It is actually a thin coat of glass applied to a me...

The sophisticated use of oyster veneer was a striking innovation that Wi...