Tag: Late 19th Century Interior Design

• January Updates

  Happy New Year, Everyone. I have three quick January updates. First of all, come see a real master at work – craftsman Paul Riedl, who’s restoring the FDR desk. The…

• Salmagundi

  The Victorians loved words with strange and exotic origins, and here’s one of my favorites: SALMAGUNDI (slm-gnd n. pl. sal·ma·gun·dis) 1. A salad of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, and onions,…

• Home Stretch

  “They write me from Jordan and Marsh that the curtains are to be put up in your rooms today, so I hope you will be in order by tomorrow.” Sara…

• Lathrop’s Desk

  “The rooms look as if struck by sheet lightning, the sitting-room having the chairs and tables but no curtains or carpets. The bed is in place in my room and…

• Adopt an Antique!

  I’m just back from the Brimfield Antiques Fair, the largest in the country. Held three times a year, it’s a truly amazing event, spread out along three miles of bucolic…

• Presidential Pathways: A Walking Tour of Harvard

  The Harvard Alumni Association invites you to a collection series: Presidential Pathways: A Walking Tour of Harvard Featuring Michael Weishan, Author, PBS Host, President of the FDR Suite Foundation. Saturday,…