Curious Objects

The Magazine Antiques

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Through interviews with leading figures in the world of fine and decorative arts, Curious Objects—a podcast from The Magazine Antiques—explores the hidden histories, the little-known facts, the intricacies, and the idiosyncrasies that breathe life and energy into historical works of craft and art.

5 DÉC.

THROWBACK: Thirty-Five Saxon Suits of Armor, with Chassica Kirchhoff

It's kinetic sculpture, it's haute couture, it’s . . . armor! This month, Ben speaks with Chassica Kirchhoff, an assistant curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts, about a suite of metal suits from the 1500s that were worn and jousted in by the dukes of Saxony. Emblematic of the feisty Protestant state’s chivalric past and supreme examples of Saxon metalworking prowess, by the 1700s the suits of armor had come to represent “a fulcrum between the early modern past and the Enlightenment present,” Kirchoff says. Shortly thereafter they went on display at the famous Green Vault in Dresden, a precursor of modern museums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

47 min
14 NOV.

Introducing the Fine Objects Society

In this episode, Ben Miller introduces the Fine Objects Society, a new “association of forward-thinking professionals and enthusiasts who share a devotion to fine handcrafted historic objects” of which he is president. Officers Brenton Grom, Bailey Tichenor, Sarah Margolis-Pineo, and Benjamin Davidson, all former guests on the podcast, are on hand to detail the goals of this exciting new endeavor in the antiques field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

52 min
30 OCT.

THROWBACK: The Argument for Silver Tableware

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And in the antiques world the sincerest form of imitation is reproduction: the humble and studious attempt to conserve the lessons of the past because of their timeless value. One firm that’s well-versed in this particular form of historical homage is James Robinson, Inc., whose hundred-year partnership with a legacy silver workshop in Sheffield, England, has resulted in what host Ben Miller calls “the best historical-style silver flatware being made today anywhere in the world.” In this throwback episode, James Boening, director of James Robinson, Inc., and Craig Kent, workshop manager in Sheffield, come on the pod to dish about the vital importance of age-old processes like annealing, and the irony that homeowners would run themselves ragged trying to decide which rug to buy, but will settle for cold, unbalanced steel tableware without even blinking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

49 min
16 OCT.

From Barn to Yarn: The story of spinning wheels, with Heavenly Bresser

In this episode, Ben Miller speaks with knit maven Heavenly Bresser, founder of the store Heavenly Knitchet and devotee of ye olde spinning wheel. The pair gets into the mechanics of spinning wheels, the form’s centuries-old history, and the largest wheel in Bresser’s extensive collection, which is also her favorite: a pendulum wheel manufactured by Justin B. Wait in the 1800s, whose drive wheel is 46 1/2 inches in diameter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

49 min
25 SEPT.

Learning to Love Antique Rugs, with Jan David Winitz: Part 2

In this episode with Claremont Rug Company, president and founder Jan Winitz and Ben Miller explore myths about rugs, and the symbolic meanings of colors in rugs and importance of signatures. Winitz introduces his Oriental Rug Market Pyramid, which categorizes rugs from high collectible to reproduction levels, illustrating this and other points with four Persian Ferahan Sarouks, each of which represents a different quality level and degree of rarity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

43 min
11 SEPT.

Learning to Love Antique Rugs, with Jan David Winitz: Part 1

In part one of a two-part episode with Claremont Rug Company, president and founder Jan Winitz gives Ben the goods on the first Oriental rug he ever acquired. Made on a vertical loom over the course of nearly a year by a group of women, its imagery includes dragons (for the masculine principle of the cosmos) and phoenixes (for the receptive, earth-rooted feminine principle). It made such an impression on Winitz that he’s never attempted to sell it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 min
28 AOÛT

The curious histories behind board games, at the American Folk Art Museum

In this week’s episode, Ben Miller speaks with Emelie Gevalt, curatorial chair for collections and curator of folk art at the American Folk Art Museum in New York. On view starting September 13 at the museum is the exhibition Playing with Design: Gameboards, Art, and Culture, an exhibition co-curated by Gevalt, who has brought along one special example to discuss: a nineteenth century painted-wood Game of the Goose board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

41 min
14 AOÛT

Tiffany's frog-shaped creamer and pufferfish sugar dish, at the Met

In this week’s episode, Ben Miller speaks with Annamarie Sandecki, who describes herself as the “semi-retired former director” of the Tiffany Archives, and Medill Higgins Harvey, curator of American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On the light table are a curiously shaped creamer and equally curious sugar bowl, the first in the shape of a frog and the second shaped like a pufferfish. Both were made by Tiffany under the aegis of design director Edward C. Moore, whose personal collection of decorative arts objects from around the world served as an inspiration to Tiffany in the later 1800s, and is the subject of a current exhibition at the Met, Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany and Co. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

41 min

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4 sept.

S E Frost

I tell all of my curatorial coworkers and fellow decorative arts enthusiasts about this podcast and would recommend it to anyone that is interested in material culture. The podcast has covered a wide range of objects with stimulating conversations between the host and a variety of interesting and knowledgeable guests.
Story+Object=Antique Love

22 juin

Vintage Is Best

This podcast says exactly why I love collecting. Every edition explains what fascinates a collector: the back story, the identity and the object itself. The variety of guests and topics together with the well spoken host makes this a perfect spot to learn more and embrace the big world of curious objects. Plus it shakes off the rarefied airs of old and makes everyone feel welcome.
Slow down

16 juil.

Timglazed

The host tends to speak so softly and rapidly that some statements are not clear, and terms are not well defined. The blog’s scope and content are excellent, but the delivery often feels rushed. The end of a sentence is as important as the beginning. It can be disappointing when the “curious object” is not introduced until the last ten minutes of the podcast.
Fantastic show, much fun

30 mai

BMFbrooklyn

I’m a historian by training, a silversmith’s daughter, and have an avid interest in antiques and antiquities. Curious Objects hits all the right notes for me. It’s well-produced, good listening, full of interesting facts and historical notes, all revolving around … curious objects. Even when I don’t think I’ll be terribly interested in an episode, I will find that it captures my interest.

Through interviews with leading figures in the world of fine and decorative arts, Curious Objects—a podcast from The Magazine Antiques—explores the hidden histories, the little-known facts, the intricacies, and the idiosyncrasies that breathe life and energy into historical works of craft and art.

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Curious Objects

THROWBACK: Thirty-Five Saxon Suits of Armor, with Chassica Kirchhoff

Introducing the Fine Objects Society

THROWBACK: The Argument for Silver Tableware

From Barn to Yarn: The story of spinning wheels, with Heavenly Bresser

Learning to Love Antique Rugs, with Jan David Winitz: Part 2

Learning to Love Antique Rugs, with Jan David Winitz: Part 1

The curious histories behind board games, at the American Folk Art Museum

Tiffany's frog-shaped creamer and pufferfish sugar dish, at the Met

Materially Cultured

Story+Object=Antique Love

Slow down

Fantastic show, much fun

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THROWBACK: Thirty-Five Saxon Suits of Armor, with Chassica Kirchhoff

Introducing the Fine Objects Society

THROWBACK: The Argument for Silver Tableware

From Barn to Yarn: The story of spinning wheels, with Heavenly Bresser

Learning to Love Antique Rugs, with Jan David Winitz: Part 2

Learning to Love Antique Rugs, with Jan David Winitz: Part 1

The curious histories behind board games, at the American Folk Art Museum

Tiffany's frog-shaped creamer and pufferfish sugar dish, at the Met

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Materially Cultured

Story+Object=Antique Love

Slow down

Fantastic show, much fun

À propos

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