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Letter from London
by Ian McKay

by Ian McKay, e-mail: This month's column has a distinct French flavour, the two main reports focussing on items once owned by the remarkable Duchesse de Berry and her "Miracle Child," a 19th-century claimant to the French throne, and on exceptional decorative furnishings from the much more recently acquired Château ... (Read More)

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New Book Documents Early Furniture of America's Lower Mississippi River Valley
by Ed Polk Douglas

A Book Reviewby Ed Polk DouglasFurnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735-1835by Jack D. Holden, H. Parrott Bacot, and Cybèle T. Gontar, with Brian J. Costello and Francis J. PuigThe Historic New Orleans Collection, 2010, hardbound, 552 pp., $95 plus S/H from Historic New Orleans Collection, (www.hnoc.org) or (504) 598-7147.For ... (Read More)

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Albert Sack Has Died
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Dealer and author Albert Sack of the legendary antiques firm Israel Sack has died. We'll have more information when it becomes available. ... (Read More)

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Herkimer Home Closed
by Sabrina Pry and Betty Flood

by Sabrina Pry and Betty FloodHerkimer Home State Historic Site, a gem of the American Colonial period, closed for the winter with no plans to reopen, according to Dan Keefe, spokesman for the New York Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). The Georgian-style house is located in Little ... (Read More)
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