Decorative Arts Calendar: February
See Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 26– May 27, 2013, Some 80 major figure paintings, seen in concert with period costumes, accessories, fashion plates,...
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See Matthias Plessing, Thonet No. 18, 2007.“Against the Grain”, Museum of Arts and Design Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design, Museum of Arts and Design,...
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See Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851-1939. The New Orleans Museum of Art, April 12- August 4th. From nearly a century following their inception in 1851, world’s...
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Greta Magnusson Grossman Desk and Lamp See Greta Magnusson Grossman – A Car and Some Shorts, R 20th Century, 82 Franklin Street, NYC, May 2 – June 29, 2013. This exhibition, curated by R’s principals,...
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Iradj Moini (1995), Lobster brooch. Czech and Austrian stones, silver plated. Signed Iradj Moini. © Pablo EstevaCollection of Barbara Berger See Fashion Jewelry: The Collection of Barbara Berger,...
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See A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk Museum at F.I.T, September 13, 2013- January 4, 2014. Butch Chanel, Wigstock, NYC, 1992. Photograph by Michael James O’Brien c.2013.,...
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See Marina Massone, Necklace, 2013 . LOOT 2013: MAD About Jewelry, The Museum of Arts and Design’s annual exhibition and sale of one-of-a-kind, artist-made jewelry will return this fall from October...
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See Rigati e tessuti glass pieces designed by Carlo Scarpa for Venini, ca. 1938–1940. Private collection; Chiara and Francesco Carraro Collection, Venice; European Collection. Venetian Glass by Carlo...
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Original hand-stenciled poster by Josef Hoffmann, announcing the opening of the first Wiener Werkstätte showroom in Vienna, 1905. Estimate $250,000 to $350,000. at Swann Galleries. See Julius Paul...
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MCNY’s Tiffany & Co. Foundation Gallery, “Gilded New York” Exhibition Gilded New York Weekend: Manners, Etiquette, Fashion, the Lavish Lifestyle of the City’s Original Gilded Age. Museum of the...
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