Elizabeth Stewart

Of all the many distasteful Presidents, I dislike Andrew Jackson for his bluff, rough man’s-man persona. After all, he slept in the dirt with his men in 1812 and earned …

B’s daughter inherited a wall-size Polish tapestry from her non-Polish grandparents. B wonders how this piece came into their hands. I’ll tell you, B! Your daughter’s grandparents were liberal, enlightened …

I find something quite extraordinary about a Japanese silk bridal uchikake. This 20th-century garment comes with a dramatic black background, sweeping bands of metallic gold, and a profusion of white …

KL owns a triple bow-back Windsor settee. At first glance it struck me as an example of 18th or 19th century Americana from the Mid-Atlantic states. This form didn’t especially …

This tapestry serves as a mirror of contemporary 17th-century Renaissance diplomacy, and the often tragic misuse of power. 21st-century people find it difficult to understand a world, in the deep …