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Fig. 1. Façade of building in combination of log cabin architecture with Swiss chalet influences.

Stieglitz and Vanderbilt: A Tale of Two Alfreds in the Adirondacks

Figure 3. Painting of black horse facing left with river and mountain range in background.

At Belle Meade: A Plantation’s Foyer Serves as an Illustrated Catalog

Opulently decorated room with three chairs, fireplace, mirror, and chandelier.

“An Entirely New Note in Art”: Room Portraits in the Early-Twentieth Century

Two black servants carry a white woman in a hammock through a jungle. Two additional black servants carry baskets of fruit behind.

Laboring for Paradise

A slant-front desk with an open lid and chest of drawers beneath on five round feet.

Three Hundred Years of Secrets

Unfinished Business: Signature Quilts and their Creative Process

A chandelier seen from below. The branches form a star-like pattern. Behind, beige and coffee colored floral plasterwork can be seen against the blue of the ceiling.

Saccharine Survivors: William Parker’s Assembly Room Chandeliers

Two men, one white wearing classical-style robes and one black wearing a strongly patterned coat, stand in a forest. There is dense vegetation all around them. The black man hands a hat with feathers to the other.

Creating the First Duke of Richmond . . . with Mezzotint

An almond shaped brooch with an image of a woman laying a wreath on two doves. Above the woman, a floating banner says “To Friendship.” The brooch has bands of white and blue enamel framing the image.

An Early American Friendship Brooch

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