Wall Clock , Jean-Jacques Fieffé from the exhibition: 'Taking Shape: Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts', J. Paul Getty Museum,...

“There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow.” - Shakespeare, Hamlet Momento Mori, Photo by J. Franks, 2020. 'Collectors at...

Italian white porcelain tray, Dutch glass on Indian brass stand, rare 18th-century French silver-gilt spoon, French stoneware jug, and...

Lecture for International Women’s Day Decorative Arts: Definition and Evolution For International Women's Day, I presented an hour...

Still life with shells, porcelain, and glass vessels. Photo by J. Franks, 2016. This photos arrives from years of collecting and...

Laurent Craste The work of Laurent Craste is a reminder of the human tendency towards the avant-garde: the desire to a break free from...

Design for a Cassone, Italian, 16th Century, Anonymous, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Decorative Art, Definition Sadly most...

image below: the classic connoisseur of 18th-century collecting in America, Jayne Wrightsman. the collector's Palm Beach home, depicted...

Thoughts on the Exhibition now at The Frick Collection: Vermeer, Rembrandt and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis...