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Posts from ‘January, 2011’

Liz O’Brien

Jan 28th, 2011
by WIJW.
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The Liz O’Brien gallery is one of my NYC favorites. There you’ll find a truly stunning selection of pieces by legendary designers and design houses of the 20th Century like Maison Jansen, Tony Duquette, Albert Hadley, and Francis Elkins to name a few. I’d be thrilled to own most any of the many pieces I [...]

Carlton Hobbs Presents:

Inspired by Antiquity

Jan 26th, 2011
by WIJW.
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Last week I attended the opening of the monumental Carlton Hobbs exhibition Inspired by Antiquity: Classical influences on 18th and 19th Century furniture and works of art. The exhibition highlights the largest collection of Thomas Hope furniture to be offered for sale in nearly a century. As some of you may know, the fabulously successful [...]

For the Love of Longhand

Jan 24th, 2011
by WIJW.
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In a world where communication has become nearly free and instantaneous—our WIJW blog for instance—the hand written letter/note seems to have almost disappeared. In fact many of us may suddenly feel at a bit of a loss when faced with a fountain pen—remember those?—and the task of laying down some coherent thoughts without the use [...]

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