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The Buyer's Guide to Retro Jewelry
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Tiffany's Oriental Poppy: An Impressionist Masterpiece
Tiffany’s 26-inch oriental poppy is a marvel of design. The lamp astounds with its vermillion and green color palette, a mainstay of the impressionist landscape.Learn More -
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Winter As Muse in Jewelry and Decorative Arts
For the Daum Brothers, the snowdrop was both an aesthetic and political symbol. The Franco-Prussian war (1870-1) had torn their lives asunder. As many Alsatians fled their homeland, the population of Nancy doubled to 100,000.Learn More -
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Collecting at Home: Tiffany Favrile Pottery
Learn MoreJoin Ben Macklowe in a Macklowe Gallery series that educates and inspires— without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. Episode 6: Tiffany Favrile Pottery In this episode, Macklowe Gallery's president, Ben Macklowe, focuses on our collection of Tiffany Favrile...
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Romancing the Stones
Learn MoreSome of the world’s oldest recorded texts and longest-held beliefs are those attached to gemstones. Used throughout known history as talismans, oracles, amulets, charms, and totems (and fabulous decoration) gemstones have always ignited a love and reverence that has prompted...
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Alexander Calder's Jewelry Art and His Inner Circle of Modernist Patrons
Typically structured of hand hammered wire, Calder’s jewelry is characterized by drama, wit and imagination, expressed through the poetry of the abstract line.Learn More -
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Collecting At Home: Van Cleef & Arpels Cheveux D'Ange
Join us for a new episode of "Collecting At Home," in which we focus on Van Cleef & Arpels' “Angel Hair," or "Cheveaux D’Ange," collection, which included dynamic and original designs for jewels formed of gold filaments tipped with brilliant diamonds.Learn More -
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Celestial Beings: The Birth of Astrology
“Look at the stars! look, look up at the skies!” So entreats Gerard Hopkins, the great Victorian writer and author of many popular sonnets and songs in the late 19th century.Learn More -
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The Mediterranean as Muse
Wide expanses of sun drenched beach, sheer white cliffs giving way to a tranquil, sky blue sea, the splendor of ancient monuments rising above the heights of romantic city scapes; a mere mention of the grandeur to be found along the Mediterranean coast.Learn More -
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The Magic of Tiffany's Morning Glory Vase
A tour de force, the Morning Glory Vase is largely considered one of Tiffany studios’ greatest achievements. To gain an understanding of why it is important to understand the timeline that led to its creation.Learn More
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The Buyer's Guide to Retro Jewelry
Learn MoreA favorite style of collectors for its spirit of casual glamour, the Rétro Moderne was a bold, visionary era in jewelry whose practitioners looked into the future and drew from the past simultaneously. With energy and originality, they created an...
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Base Currency: A Guide to Tiffany Bases
Learn MoreWhile Tiffany leaded shades often steal the spotlight, true collectors recognize that the lamp bases are equally important when assembling a Tiffany lamp. These bases were remarkable works of sculpture, crafted in various media such as blown glass, pressed glass,...
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Tiffany, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Art of Biomimicry
Learn MoreThe integration of nature into design has long been a driving force behind some of the most iconic works of architecture and art. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater House and Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Lotus Leaf lamp are two such examples, both...