My Substack is now live and the first post is up. https://chrisstorb.substack.com/p/abraham-whiteall-now-of-the-city My goal with the new blog/website is to continue to present information about historic furniture and woodwork that is difficult to find elsewhere. I think of the expansive shelves of books we have/had to educate ourselves about historic furniture, from Wallace Nutting’s “Furniture … Continue reading My Substack Blog
Stenton
Americana Week in New York
Sales of American objects will take place at several New York auction houses in January 2025. As reported in the press over the last several weeks, a round of job cuts which may total 100 in the New York offices of Sotheby's, with the possibility of more cuts to come, has brought with it a … Continue reading Americana Week in New York
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 