The Wonder of Wood: Decorative Inlay and Marquetry in Europe and America, 1600–1900 will explore the history and artistry of inlay and marquetry in America and Europe. The conference will occur at both the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, April 26–28, 2022. The Wonder of Wood will bring together 23 exceptional scholars a creative mix of curators, academics, conservators, artists, and craftsmen drawn from museums and .
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From Earle Vandekar of Knightsbridge, American Hooked Rug Depicting a Zebra Mounted on Stretcher, Early 20th Century, (Ref: NY9569 - camr).
From Moderne Gallery, Room Divider by George Nakashima, 1989. A rare Nakashima form with a finished back. American black walnut with grilled pandanus cloth sliding doors. Signed and dated. 60 wide x 18 deep x 24 high.
From Lillian Nassau, (detail) Tiffany Studios Dragonfly Table Lamp, Circa 1906. Leaded glass, pressed glass “jewels,” patinated bronze; 23 in (high).
From The Old Print Shop, A Base Ball Game. (Proof with portraits). Painted by Henry Sandham in 1894. Goupil gravure (photogravure), 1896. Printed in Paris and published April 1, 1896 by Boussod Valadon & Co. Successors to Goupil & Co. Image size 38 5/8 x 51 3/4 .
A Philadelphia flaneur
Photograph courtesy of Girard College.
This is not a walk on the wild side, though it will take you to three Philadelphia sites much less visited than Elfreth’s Alley, the Liberty Bell, or Rittenhouse Square. If I find them more intriguing than those picturesque spots it is simply because this is where the city’s history lives on in some interesting twenty-first-century ways. The neighborhood, called either Spring Garden or Fairmount/Art Museum, is close enough to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for the walk to begin at the museum’s Perelman Building. (You can also start at the Barnes Foundation on Benjamin Franklin Parkway and walk north, though that will take somewhat longer.)