Mary Daniels

Gianni Versace was as passionate about collecting as he was about designing fashions. What he collected reflects a vision of classical Italian style infused with his own distinctive taste. Fine...

A combination of winter and spring are bringing Steve Thomas, the host of PBS' "This Old House," to Chicago next week. Thomas, who spends the winter off-season on the lecture...

The word is out, in more ways than one. Written words are being seen as an important element of more than one form of decorative art. What you read is...

Here's a trio of new books the collector and design-oriented will want to consider for their home and garden library This is the 33rd year that "Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles...

Jim O'Leary came to the attention of the American public as the designer of the crystal Times Square Ball seen by millions around the world when it marked the countdown...

Still shopping around for gift ideas? Here's our second installment of suggestions for perfect presents for the home. And if you need still more gift-giving ideas and inspiration, check out...

For more than 100 years, the name of Lalique has been synonymous with exquisite, satiny-textured and sensuous forms in crystal jewelry, vases, perfume flacons, boxes, statuettes and even furniture. In...

Sothebys.com and sothebys.ama-zon.com are combining into one online auction Web site for the sale of authenticated and guaranteed arts, antiques and collectibles. The unified site, which can be found at...

The witch costume "splatted" into the trunk of the old elm tree as if she had miscalculated her flight plan was a great visual joke. So how about having a...

Six years ago Lynda O'Connor introduced Chicago to the world of Austro-Hungarian Empire textiles, through her one-of-a-kind line of pillows and throws called Textures. Now she's expanded her business by...