Beech Vases & Vessels

CHICAGO – The market for Murano glass and mid-century design continued to demonstrate its resilience in the hammer prices seen at Wright December 13 with its Important Italian Glass and Design sale. Complete results are available at LiveAuctioneers. Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978) was an Italian architect and follower of Frank Lloyd Wright. Revered in his native […]

NEW YORK — Sometimes referred to as the father of Nordic Modernism, the Finnish architect Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (1898-1976), best known as Alvar Aalto, began his architectural work rooted in classicism and ultimately found his own style, moving into Modernism. He avoided frilly designs and overly decorative elements and embraced clean lines and geometric […]

  WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Making Music in Early America, an exhibition opening on August 20 in the Mark M. and Rosemary W. Leckie Gallery at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, one of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, will envelop visitors in the musical world of the 18th and 19th centuries.