Mid-century designers elevated the sideboard to fine artNEW YORK — A sideboard is a piece of furniture that has a flat top and drawers in which to store linens or dining ware, but it can be so much more than that. Elite Mid-century Modern artisans seized upon the sideboard’s potential and transformed this dining room workhorse into a work of art.
Asian folding screens reshape and upgrade a room’s decorNEW YORK — Folding screens are endlessly versatile and can be used to divide a room into spaces with different uses or make a design statement on their own. While they can be made of wood that is carved and painted, those that feature paper panels are especially beautiful, and those that boast multiple layers […]
Benefit Shop Foundation selling curated kitsch collection Feb. 24MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. – Some collectors collect one type of thing they are passionate about while others have room in their hearts – and homes – for more than one collection. For decades, a Brooklyn couple collected vintage radios and phonographs, Roseville pottery, Asian porcelain, blue and white china, Gone With the Wind lamps and […]
Ernest Lawson work among Michaan’s many highlights Sept. 7ALAMEDA, Calif. – “The final quarter of 2019 will be an exciting time in the auction business,” says Scott Bradley, vice president and COO of Michaan’s Auctions. “Rare private collections, fine estates and property from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have made Michaan’s monthly sales very special this year – and there’s much […]