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An Antiquarian's Tale

An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 239

June 26, 2023Clinton Howell

Humanity's interest in itself, the history, its possessions, the successes and failures--teaching tools, really--are one reason why museums exist. Museums are developed and run and subsidized by all of us in...

An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 238

June 19, 2023Clinton Howell

I was chatting about the English rooms at the Met with a friend recently and I was going on about how middle class England slowly developed through the 18th century...

An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 237

June 12, 2023Clinton Howell

I have often wondered if it is possible to measure aesthetic pleasure. One way a lot of us try to do it, for example, is to go to a museum, like...

An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 236

June 5, 2023Clinton Howell

About 45-50 years ago, I attended a fund raiser at a private home in New Canaan, Ct., for a school in Namibia. The school was started by a British husband...

An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 235

May 29, 2023Clinton Howell

I believe it was William Randolph Hearst who was the first to bring entire rooms from Europe to fit into San Simeon, his estate in California, but even if it...

An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 234

May 22, 2023Clinton Howell

The clarity that comes with expertise is less about instant comprehension and more about understanding signs that steer you to a conclusion that, on the whole, a piece of furniture...

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