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Thank you for the shout out The Magazine Antiques! “The exhibition is a must-see for needlework mavens, and draws on artifacts from a surprisingly diverse array of sources…” 🪡🧵❤️

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Carved and figured mahogany desk-and-bookcase attributed to Ichabod Cole (1748-1841) of Warren, Rhode Island, circa 1790, 93½" x 40¼" x 22", sold for $88,200 (est. $120,00/180,000) at Sotheby's to Graham Arader of Arader Galleries https://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/sothebys-44-lot-important-americana-sale/8731 Cole was a shop joiner. The desk-and-bookcase is very closely related to a desk-and-bookcase in a private collection with the inscription “Maid by / Ichabod / Cole / 1790,” the only signed and dated piece by Cole that survives. Another nearly identical desk-and-bookcase in a private collection is attributed to Ichabod Cole. The three desks are illustrated and discussed by Patricia E. Kane in her article “A recently discovered Rhode Island furniture maker: Ichabod Cole,” published in The Magazine Antiques in May 2007. #antiques #antique #vintage #art #artist #Americana#rhodeisland #furniture #Cole #desk

Have you heard? Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida recently received the largest gift of artworks in the history of the university and one of the largest in the history of Florida. Some 1,200 paintings! Learn more from The Magazine Antiques 👉 https://bit.ly/3L1VmML #MuseumMonday

What are we listening to today? New Episodes of #TMAExplains from The Magazine Antiques! "There was nothing exceptional about eighteenth-century English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale . . . except for his brilliant (and simple) idea to publish his designs. With a little help from the growing British Empire, and the English lust for all things French, soon everyone knew his name..."

Thrilled to have been a part of this. Thanks to The Magazine Antiques for including us!

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It's a Greek Revival Party, honey! Nine years ago, artist Andrew Lamar Hopkins used the facade of Roper House as inspiration for one of his vibrant paintings. We were thrilled to learn of Hopkins's interest in Roper House and realized it was a rather unusual choice for the New Orleans-based painter. A self-taught artist and antiquarian, Mr. Hopkins typically uses nineteenth-century Creole culture in New Orleans as a basis for his stunningly detailed and colorful paintings in which he "[celebrates] the cultural mixing of European, African, and mixed-race peoples’ lives and material cultures... based on the histories of Creoles living in the South.” Careful research and meticulous attention to detail are blended with creative fantasy in his work. In his 2013 "A Greek Revival House Party," Mr. Hopkins took the front of the Robert William Roper House and imagined what it might look like for a party in the 1830s. Citing recent research at the time, Hopkins explains that the idea occurred to him when he learned about early Southern house parties: "Guests would stay for days, weeks, or even months partying. The home owner put them up for this time and provided all provisions." The work of artists like Andrew LaMar Hopkins allows us to explore the past - imagined or not - and how we currently engage with historic sites. His work often portrays the very people who are regularly missing from the visual record: New Orlean's free Creoles of color, who contributed significantly to that city's nineteenth century economy and, ultimately, its visual character. Since his New York debut at The Winter Show in 2020, Andrew LaMar Hopkins's paintings have gained new audiences - and fans - worldwide. That exposure increased once again when an original painting appeared as the cover art for The Magazine Antiques 100th anniversary issue. That painting, we'd like to note, included a detail particularly special to us. According to Mr. Hopkins's Instagram: "The window treatment 🪟 I used in my painting for the 100 💯 year anniversary issue of "The Magazine Antiques" is copied from Historic Roper House. And I added the Eagle 🦅 on top." We don't mind a little artistic license 😉

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We are happy to share that the latest book from MCHC Press, “The Material World of Eyre Hall,” has been highlighted in two prominent publications: The Magazine Antiques - https://bit.ly/3ItKh6p - and Antiques And The Arts Weekly - https://bit.ly/3K99GTq. Read these articles to learn more about Eyre Hall ahead of our virtual program, “The Material World of Eyre Hall’ with Carl R. Lounsbury,” this Thursday, March 3, at 12 pm. You can register for Thursday’s program here: https://www.mdhistory.org/calendar/fsk-from-home-the-material-world-of-eyre-hall-with-carl-r-lounsbury-phd/ Get your copy of the book: https://shop.mdhistory.org/the-material-world-of-eyre-hall.html Image: A page from "The Magazine ANTIQUES"