Where Has All the Roycroft Gone?
As I was cleaning out my office this week, I found myself flipping through stacks of auction catalogs dating back to 1995. In addition to seeing some wonderful, rare pieces, I also was amazed at how much Roycroft furniture had previously reached…
Van Briggle’s Lorelei Vase Still Lures Collectors
No single piece of art pottery has captured the hearts and imaginations of collectors like the Lorelei vase of Artus Van Briggle. And no single piece of art pottery has cause more consternation, debate and confusion among collectors today.
Artist,…
Forest Craft Guild Remains Elusive, But Rewarding
A reader sent me this photograph last week, along with a request for a copy of one of the early editions of the Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference catalog. It seems that ARK Antiques had included a full-page ad that included a brooch…
Is That A Real Elbert Hubbard Signature?
Or was it an early case of identity theft?
Books, articles, letters, manuscripts, editorials and essays flowed forth from Elbert Hubbard’s pen at a pace no other writer of the Arts & Crafts era could match. From 1896, when Hubbard personally…
Motawi Tile Marks Robie House Centennial
Motawi Tileworks is joining the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the completion of Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Robie House in Chicago.
Designed for his client Frederick C. Robie in 1908 and completed…
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