Article Archive 2008
Time's Wheels in Motion
Early civilisations had resorted to measuring time either by the sundial, which relied upon the moving shadow caused by the sun's rays or a clepsydra which was a water-clock...
16 October, 2008
Knoll: Furnishing Textiles in the Clothing Context
Whether they are draped, suspended, wrapped, hung, or layered, textiles for interiors today bear a relationship to clothing that goes beyond their shared methods of manipulation...
02 October, 2008
Non-Intrusive Techniques of Dating Bow Porcelain
The purpose of this paper is to layout a reliable technique for dating Bow porcelain. Over the years there have been many different theories to the chronological understanding of this innovative and great factory...
10 June, 2008
New Attributions: Fidelle Duvivier in the Netherlands
Fidelle Duvivier, a familiar name in English porcelain literature, is well known for the landscape vignettes he painted on New Hall porcelain between the years 1785 and about 1796...
10 June, 2008
To Their Destined Market: Salt-Glazed Stoneware at Colonial Williamsburg
Collecting to accurately furnish a period room can be challenging, but achieving that goal for more than two hundred such spaces is a truly daunting task...
10 June, 2008