Mary Daniels

Marilyn Rasmussen will appear on the final afternoon of the 16th Annual Fox River Valley Antiques Show & Sale, which runs Friday through next Sunday, to answer questions about the...

The wares in Sara Breiel`s new shop range from fine antiques to furniture reproductions, but it is in the ''smalls,'' the hand-carved boxes or the delicate porcelain plates, that Breiel...

At least a dozen important textiles-antique Kashans, Soumaks, Bijars, Kirmans, Sennehs, Qashgais and other rare examples from the private collection of the family that owns Oscar Isberian Rugs in Evanston-will...

Aunique collection of tea equipment, assembled by Terence J. Fox, former chairman and founder of Iroquois Brands Ltd., a manufacturer and marketer of teas and other specialty food products, goes...

Gary Marks Antiques, which describes itself as ''an eclectic gallery,'' has converted its 1,800-square-foot showroom into the fictitious but decoratively fantastic ''Lake Mil-Wau-Kee Lodge'' for a special sale and show,...

You know it is going to be classy when the invitation spells ''programme'' with an extra ''m'' and an ''e'' at the end. We refer to the annual Historic British...

Because of the dramatic rise in the price of paintings and sculpture, ''collectors are turning their attention to modern decorative and applied arts,'' says Kristin Poole, director of the Chicago...

A local gallery owner and Indiana Jones-type, Keith Barton, has just returned from six weeks of traveling through nine countries in West and North Africa, searching for elusive ethnographic treasures....

A new ethnic and folk art flea market will help keep Chicago in step with the surge of appreciation for the ethnographic arts. The Saturday Market debuted Saturday and continues...

The idea of making quilts for public spaces is in its infancy, says Deborah Hurter, which makes her new commission for the world of the newborn particularly appropriate. Hurter has...