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Autumn /Winter 4 www.antiquesandfineart.com Antiques & Fine Art (ISSN:2162-4607), Vol. XII, Issue 6, is published five times a year (Anniversary (January–March), Spring (April–May), Summer (June–August), Autumn (September–October), Winter (November-December)) by Pure Imaging, Inc., 570 Arsenal Street, Watertown,MA02472.Material inthispublicationmaynotbereproduced inany formwithoutwrittenpermission fromthepublisher.Contentscopyright©2013Pure Imaging, Inc.Allrightsreserved.Theadvertiserseekingtheservicesof Antiques&FineArt and/orPure Imaging, Inc., will indemnify and save harmless Antiques & Fine Art and/or Pure Imaging, Inc., and its agents from any liabilities, claims, lawsuits, damages, or expenses, including attorney’s fees and costs that may arise out of publication of the advertiser’s/agency ads or materials. Every effort has been made to ensure that all information presented in this issue is accurate and neither Antiques & Fine Art, Pure Imaging, Inc., nor any of its staff is responsible for omissions or information that has been misrepresented to the magazine. Periodical postage paidatBoston,MA,andadditionalmailingoffices.Postmaster,sendaddresschanges to Antiques&FineArt, P.O.Box9723,Ft.Lauderdale,FL33310-9922.Subscriptionprice is$24.95 for 1yearor$39.95 for2years. Printed in theUSA. StatementofOwnership,Management, and Circulation (Requester Publication). 1: Antiques & Fine Art. 2: 2840. 3: September 30, 2013. 4: 2.5 months. 5: 5. 6: $24.95. 7: 570 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472 (Middlesex County). Contact Person: John Smiroldo. Telephone: 617.926.1007. 8: Pure Imaging, 570ArsenalStreet,Watertown,MA02472.9:JohnSmiroldo;JohannaMcBrien:Pure Imaging,570ArsenalStreet,Watertown,MA02472. 10:Owner:JohnSmiroldo,Pure Imaging,570ArsenalStreet,Watertown,MA02472. 11:none. 12:n/a. 13: Antiques&FineArt. 14:Summer2013. 15: Requester. 15a: 23,310; 22,051. 15b(1): 8,720; 8,912. 15b(2): n/a; 15b(3): 5,582; 5,612. 15b(4): 249,245. 15c: 14,551; 14,769. 15d(1): 795; 793. 15d(2): n/a. 15d(3): 41;44. 15d(4): 7,527; 6,141. 15e: 8,363; 6,978. 15f: 22,914; 21,747. 15g: 396; 304. 15h: 23,310; 22,051. 15i: 63.5%; 67.9%. 16: 36,054; 35,226. [16a: 13,140; 13,479. 16b: 27,691; 28,248. 16c: 36,054; 35,226. 16d: 76.8%; 80%.]. 124 Inside Track: Antiques Roadshow Experts Share Their Collection by David Rago lifestyle 128 Serenity by Johanna McBrien photography by Ellen McDermott 144 Made in Massachusetts: Studio Furniture of the Bay State by Jeffrey Brown 150 The Armory Show at 100: Modern Art and Revolution by Megan Holloway Fort 160 The Armory Show at 100: Research Back Story “One Exciting Find” by Megan Holloway Fort 162 A Heritage of Beauty: “From the Minute Man to The Lincoln Memorial: The Sculpture of Daniel Chester French” by Dana Pilson on[the[cover (Detail) John Steuart Curry (1897–1946), Our Good Earth, 1941. Oil on hardboard, 60 x 48 inches. On loan from the College of the Agricultural and Life Science; Gift of the U.S. Treasury Department to the College of Agriculture (3.1999.1). The full image can be seen in A University Collects: The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin, pages 184–193. departments 6 Advertiser Index 12 Editor’s Letter 20 Noteworthy Sales 22 Highlights features 168 The Cabinetmaker and the Carver: Boston Furniture from Private Collections by Gerald W. R. Ward 176 “An Handsom Cupboard of Plate”: Historic Deerfield’s Silver Collection by Amanda Lange 184 A University Collects The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin by D. Frederick Baker 194 Specimens of Taste and Skill: New England Hearth Rugs, 1800–1850 by Jane C. Nylander 202 The American Dream: The Rise, Fall, and Rebound of an Eighteenth-Century Irish Immigrant by John A. Herdeg winterthur[primer 206 “My Dear Mr. DuPont…” Connoisseurship of Maps at Winterthur by Joan Irving 124 Contents Autumn/Winter 2013 Volume XII, Issue 6 160 128 176 144