Hi-yo, silver
byChinese export silver has long been beloved at home and abroad. Jennifer Pitman, our What’s Collectible columnist, silver specialist and herself an ardent admirer, explains why.
Chinese export silver has long been beloved at home and abroad. Jennifer Pitman, our What’s Collectible columnist, silver specialist and herself an ardent admirer, explains why.
Few ceramic artists were more driven than the 19th century’s Hugh C. Robertson.
What’s Collectible columnist Jennifer Pitman considers Gino Sarfatti of Arteluce and Angelo Lelii of Arredoluce, Italian lighting designers and manufacturers who flourished during Italy’s postwar design boom.
When you think of Buccellati – the Italian jeweler and silversmith—what comes to mind are boldly colored gemstones set against textured gold that resembles lace, linen and other precious fabrics. But the firm is equally well-known for its silverwork, especially its realistic “fur”-clad animal sculptures.
Arts and Crafts Movement ceramicist George Ohr created works that were playfully practical as well as defiantly dysfunctional. Small wonder he’s just having a big moment now.
With striking, boldly colored animal and zodiac designs, among other pieces, his jewelry has never gone out of fashion.
Lalique is one of the most familiar names in glass and I’m almost sure to find an example or two on a client visit. But René Lalique’s glass was the focus of the second of his two highly successful careers. He was first known for his outstanding Art Nouveau jewelry designs.
The elegant designs of Tommi Parzinger are a familiar sight in Jennifer Pitman’s travels to the homes of Westchester and Fairfield county clients.
Piero Fornasetti’s boundless imagination and energy was applied to an immense array of furniture and decorative arts, leaving a legacy of thousands of individual designs.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, husband-and-wife artists born on the same day, enveloped the world in fabric.
While the value of much traditional “brown furniture” has seen a precipitous decline over the last few years, that’s not the case for American craft furniture and the works of George Nakashima in particular.
Cassie Ward, executive director of the New Castle Historical Society (NCHS) in Chappaqua, has shared the organization’s spring schedule of events — and there’s plenty…
Chatting with Jennifer Pitman about her new job is a conversation that’s filled with words such as adventure, fun and excitement. Though the longtime…