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Beaded Bags: Gotta Catch ‘Em All

WorthPoint

Because coordination was the style of the time, many women carried change purses , cigarette containers , and carriers for glasses in their handbags. This example, previously owned by Betty White, was sold by Julien’s for $10,240 in 2022. Women often had several different purses and styles.

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Introducing Julia Day, the Frick’s new chief conservator

The Art Newspaper

The Frick’s vastly expanded ability to look after its collection and displays gets proper due this week, when the museum announces the appointment of a new chief conservator: Julia Day, a Frick veteran who left the institution in 2022 to become a senior conservator at the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.

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Art Nouveau Glass: A Symphony of Color and Form

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The luminous glow and shimmering color of Art Nouveau glass are endlessly irresistible, as are the stories behind some of the movement’s most celebrated designers. Reflecting the era’s opulence, Art Nouveau glass designers celebrated the natural world in forms that exuded their mastery of the craft.

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Art and Science Collide: The Beauty of Scientific Instruments Through the Ages

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Its simple arrangement of glass lenses to magnify objects was not too dissimilar to a pair of opera glasses. Sold for £4,500 GBP via Flints Auctions Ltd (May 2022). What Galileo saw when he gazed through his invention would revolutionize our understanding of the Universe, and our place in it.

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Expanding Outreach Through a Reimagined Permanent Exhibit: Historic Crossroads Center

The Mid-West Museum Association

Other special features include a road surface table that allows visitors to see and feel the various road building materials, a life-sized settler’s cabin façade, a big-wheel bicycle to illustrate the county’s bicycle boom in the late 1800s and many large-scale photographs. Planning for the project began in summer 2022.

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The Mid-West Museum Association

Other special features include a road surface table that allows visitors to see and feel the various road building materials, a life-sized settler’s cabin façade, a big-wheel bicycle to illustrate the county’s bicycle boom in the late 1800s and many large-scale photographs. Planning for the project began in summer 2022.

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Types of Chinese Art: A Guide to Valuing & Collecting Chinese Art

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The destruction of many historic artifacts in the 1960s and 1970s paired with the overall delicacy of the materials means that well-preserved, authentic Chinese antiques are increasingly difficult to find. Snuff bottles are most commonly made of glass, but can also comprise of jade, porcelain, amber, or metal.