From the August/September 2016 Issue
Long, Tall and Swedish
Distinctive Swedish case clocks are highly sought-after. The final episodes of the Masterpiece Mystery series Wallander aired recently on PBS. Based on the crime novels by Swedish writer Henning Mankell, […]
From the June/July 2016 Issue
Always Wash Your Hands
Aquamanilia were created for the purpose. From ancient Rome and Islamic cultures to the Byzantine empire and medieval Europe, ritual hand-washing was done for both symbolic and sanitary reasons (probably […]
From the April/May 2016 Issue
A Taste of the Exotic
Lockwood de Forest’s interiors and furnishings brought the exotic east to the Gilded Age. To become a tastemaker you need an artist’s eye, a flair for the dramatic, a head […]
From the April/May 2016 Issue
Why Do You Need an Architect?
Eight reasons why you can benefit from hiring a professional. We tend to think of architects as the people who design enormous public structures for enormous corporate or municipal clients […]
From the February/March 2016 Issue
Time Stands Still
There was a time when everyone owned a watch stand. Caring for a pocket watch in the 18th and 19th centuries could be a 24-hour-a-day proposition. Watch owners didn’t mind […]