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Designer Spotlight: One-on-One with Jayne Design Studio
Designer Spotlight: One-on-One with Jayne Design Studio Living room designed by Jayne Design Studio. Courtesy of Jayne Design Studio. Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes • Last updated: 10.03.17 For Manhattan-based interior designer Thomas Jayne, who was named to ELLE DECOR’s A-List for the second year in a row this June, historical architecture and antiques have […]

After the Masters: Understanding and Collecting Old Master Copies
After the Masters: Understanding and Collecting Old Master Copies Lot 23: Frans Wouters, After Sir Peter Paul Rubens, “The Sacrifice of the Old Covenant,” oil on oak panel. Sotheby’s (October 30) Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes • Last updated: 10.24.17 Copies of famous 16th, 17th and 18th century works are part of the history of influence […]

Cabinet of Curiosities: Oddities of Victorian Decorative Art
Cabinet of Curiosities: Oddities of Victorian Decorative Art Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes • Last updated: 10.24.17 A cabinet of curiosities, also known as a wunderkammer or “kunstkammer,” is the equivalent of a zoo full of exotic animals in the world of antiquing. A practice that began in the 13th century, a kunstkammer was […]

London to Brighton classic cars cruise into auction at Bonhams
Fancy owning one of the earliest vehicles on the road and racing it down to Brighton? Now’s your chance as more than 20 vintage cars, many restored and fit to compete in the 120-year old veteran run, are to be sold in early November. A collection of cars dating from […]