I started this blog in 2010 while working at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to document my carving project at Mount Pleasant, the historic house in East Fairmount Park. After the project was finished I continued with the blog as a way of recording my furniture conservation and restoration work. Mount Pleasant stair hall, August 2010 Along the … Continue reading This Than That
History
All the Ceremonial Armchairs
I mentioned in the last post that I had not seen the large ceremonial Philadelphia compassed armchair illustrated in John Walker's 1983 publication, Experts Choice: 1000 Years of the Art Trade, until a recent online search turned up a copy that included the page with the chair. Now that I have images of all of … Continue reading All the Ceremonial Armchairs
Americana Week Stories
Americana Week in New York has come and gone, and in Sotheby’s case, apparently gone for good. The Americana and Folk Art department was closed during the firms layoffs in December. What the future for Christie’s Americana department will be is not known at this time. On the plus side, Freeman’s | Hindman had an … Continue reading Americana Week Stories
Carving Tool Resolutions
I've been busy through the spring and summer but I'm looking forward to getting back to more regular posting on the blog and have several topics ready to go. But first this post will both serve as a record of my carving tool collection as it is at this point in time and let you … Continue reading Carving Tool Resolutions
Furniture at Stenton
Stenton, Philadelphia, Penn. Completed 1730. The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania opened Stenton as a house museum in 1900. They have led the stewardship and preservation of Stenton for 124 years. Over the past month I have been engaged in a furniture photography project at Stenton, the … Continue reading Furniture at Stenton
In Proportion to the Trouble 