Antiques to Vintage & Everything In Between

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Antiques to Vintage & Everything In Between

from the editor

Curios • a name in antiques… george smart

Flowers Everlasting • WHEN CHARLOTTE DE LATOUR PUBLISHED LE LANGUAGE DES FLEURS IN 1819, SHE COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THE EFFECT HER LITTLE BOOK WOULD HAVE ON SOCIETY. SANDRA D’ANGELO LOOKS AT THE BLOSSOMING OF FLORIOGRAPHY AND HOW IT SHAPED JEWELLERY DESIGN…

A House, A Life • ‘UNA CASA, UNA VIDA’ – A HOUSE, A LIFE. THIS WAS SOTHEBY’S TITLE FOR ITS PARIS PRESENTATION OF A MAJOR PRIVATE COLLECTION THAT CAME TO AUCTION IN MAY 2024. ROSALIND COX LOOKS AT THE REMARKABLE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DOÑA YOLANDA ELETA DI FIERRO: SOCIALITE, PHILANTHROPIST AND COLLECTOR.

Female Inspiration • ON SEPTEMBER 25 THE JOHNSTON COLLECTION IN MELBOURNE WILL UNVEIL ITS NEW EXHIBITION, INSPIRED BY WOMEN. WE LOOK AT ONE OF THE WOMEN FEATURED IN THE SHOW: THE DUCHESS OF PORTLAND.

it's a snippet • Snatches of information too small for a feature and too interesting to ignore…

movers and shakers

Stepping Out: Vintage Fashion • IF YOU EVER NEEDED PROOF THAT VINTAGE FASHION IS A MODERN ‘THING’, HERE IT IS. IN 2020, A NEW YORK VINTAGE STORE THAT HAD BEEN OPEN FOR THREE YEARS WITH MODEST SUCCESS SUDDENLY HAD A QUEUE OF PEOPLE SNAKING AROUND THE BLOCK WAITING TO GET INTO THE SHOP. WHY? BECAUSE THEY’D SEEN A VIDEO ON TIKTOK, WRITES JULIE CARTER.

Fashion Extra at The Melbourne Fair • THERE’S A WORLD OF ELEGANCE AND NOSTALGIA WAITING FOR YOU AT THE MELBOURNE FAIR'S VINTAGE FASHION SHOWCASE!

How to Pack Antiques • WHILE ITEMS SUCH AS BOOKS OR ART ARE EASILY PACKED FOR SAFE SHIPPING - A PROTECTIVE COVER AND STURDY BOX ARE THE NECESSARY ITEMS - WHEN IT COMES TO CERAMICS AND GLASS IT’S ESSENTIAL TO TAKE MORE CARE, WRITES PAUL ROSENBERG FROM MOORABOOL ANTIQUE GALLERIES.

Safe Shipping of Fragile Items: The Do's and Don'ts

Japanese Glory: Folding Screens

Deco Drama The Stunning Designs of Violet Elmer • A RECENTLY VIEWED EPISODE OF THE BBCTV's ANTIQUES ROADSHOW FEATURED A ‘GOOD, BETTER, BEST’ SECTION WITH A PIECE BY VIOLET ELMER THAT TURNED OUT TO BE THE BEST. WHO IS VIOLET ELMER? ONLY ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED DESIGNERS YOU’VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF, WRITES JULIE CARTER.

If This One Could Talk… • THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA’S ATTACK ON THE US GARRISON AT FORT SUMTER, CHARLSTON HARBOUR IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON APRIL 12, 1861 IGNITED THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. THIS CONFLAGRATION WOULD LAST FOR FOUR AGONISING YEARS AND COST OVER 600,000 AMERICAN LIVES, WRITES SPECIALIST DEALER JOHN LEHOCZKY.

The Lost Legacy of Charles Rodius • THERE CAN BE FEW ARTISTS WITH A LIFE AND CAREER AS ENMESHED WITH AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL HISTORY AS CHARLES RODIUS (1802-1860). HAVING ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA BY CONVICT SHIP, HE ROSE TO PROMINENCE AS A PORTRAIT ARTIST IN HIS LIFETIME, ONLY TO BE POSTHUMOUSLY FORGOTTEN. JANE CLOTHIER SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON A LOST LEGACY.

Posting Vintage • YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED A NEW ADVERT IN THE MAGAZINE, ONE THAT’S SELLING REPRODUCTION VINTAGE POSTCARDS. WE ASKED BUSINESS OWNER LOIS GARTSIDE TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW SHE GOT INTO THIS SIDE OF THE VINTAGE WORLD…

The Dance of the Dragonfly • SHIMMERING AND IRIDESCENT, DRAGONFLIES SWOOPING AND DIVING OVER A POND IN THE LATE AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT APPEAR DELICATE AND FRAGILE. BUT LOOKS COULDN’T BE MORE DECEIVING. DRAGONFLIES ARE APEX PREDATORS, WITH A HUNTING SUCCESS RATE OF 95%...