the Blog: Canvases, carats & curiosities

The endearing works of children by Andre Henri Dargelas appealed to coll...

The House of Millet or Maison Millet was founded in 1853 by T. Millet in...

C.J. Vander was the last of England's preeminent silver firms, creating ...

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

    This exceptionally wonderful and quite rare antique musical a...

    The mechanism of this captivating Congreve-type rolling ball ...

Once a fixture in bustling dance halls, cafés and fairgrounds throughout...

    Imagine how it feels to enter a room filled with wondrous dis...

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...

Lorestan (Luristan) bronze refers to a set of Early Iron Age bronze arti...

Glass was one of the most popular and useful materials in nearly every a...

Thomas Chippendale was the first cabinetmaker to boast such a strong fol...

François Boucher was chosen as Director of the royal tapestry workshops ...