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A collector of authentic Hermes Carre Foulard silk twill hand-colored scarves frames them for her wall. Others she keeps in their distinctive slim orange boxes. By 1937 Hermes designed for …

Artnet tempted me with a list of the Art World’s most compelling movies about art of 2025. I found them all so good I wanted to share. These films deal …

Where is the art and decorative art market heading in 2026? Straight to the 1970s. High profile sales this past weeks show collectors aggressively returning to sexy trophy objects. The …

TT sent me a piece of 1980s-1990s swag, a Joe Camel Pup Tent. She wonders how a tent became associated with Camel cigarettes. As an advertising campaign, RJ Reynolds, in …

JP sent me a fabulous Art Nouveau style figural table lamp, a nude woman supported by a peacock. The woman’s outstretched arm holds the light fixture, a globe shape, encrusted …

Let me tell you a story of a theme and technique championed by none other than Pablo Picasso adopted in the Hinterland of Australia. Check out FT’s ceramic fish plate. …

FF sent me a ceramic tile, framed, with a delicate pastel decoration of stylized flowing foliage in a vase. This Persian symbol for the Tree of Life offers connections between …

AC got lucky on a late 19th century watercolor landscape featuring a meandering Midwestern river and a skiff tied to the underbrush. A framer’s label on the back of the …

I visit quite a few homes each week to appraise contents and collections. In almost every home I find a “knock-off” Phillippe Stark Lucite see-through “Louis Ghost” chair. They’re made …

JC sent me her mom’s pair of pearl collars, faux pearls on silk that graced a common cardigan or blouse in the 1940s. Glentex produced these in Japan, and in …