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Justin Remo Exits Dogwater Beach

Introduction What began as the need for a student to care for...

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Jerome Clock mystery solved

Kitchen clock search When we started looking for a 19th-century 8-day shelf...

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Baltimore Chairs: Plain painted wheelbacks

Introduction I thought my saga with Baltimore fancy chairs ended in 2021...

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Goethe & Graf: Totentanz

INTRODUCTION While I’ve had this book of 28 etchings by German artist...

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Gan Kolski: His End is My Beginning

Introduction: suicide (From the pink tab on the left page) “The next...

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Isac Friedlander: Coney Island

Introduction If only Jane Haslem (1934-2020) had produced a catalogue raisonné on...

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Anne Desmet: Personal Tower of Babel

Introduction If Anne Desmet, one of the most accomplished contemporary wood engravers...

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Arieh Allweil’s IDF Haggadah

Introduction In many ways artist Arieh Allweil (1901-1967) created the IDF Passover Haggadah (1950)...

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Allweil: Independence Haggadah

INTRODUCTION When I began working with the daughters of artist Arieh Allweil...

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Bookcase upgrade: Going High Style

Introduction I felt so fortunate to be able to live with the...

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Arieh Allweil’s Haggadahs: Part 1

– Introduction When I began working with Ruth Sperling and Nava Rosenfeld,...

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Bed Exchange

Introduction Antique beds are not so imposing when disassembled, not even high-post...

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Finlay Chairs? A question of attribution

Introduction Ever since purchasing six Baltimore fancy chairs (above) in 1993 from...

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Making a COVID BOWL with Eric Avery: Part I

All images of artwork by Eric Avery are used with the permission...

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Irwin Hoffman: Etcher of Workers

Introduction When I first bought prints by Irwin Hoffman, he was still...

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