Mary Daniels

''What can we do that hasn`t been done?'' asked Holly Hunt, owner of a Merchandise Mart showroom who is opening her Winnetka estate to 500 guests on June 3 for...

For decades, the works of legendary silversmith Georg Jensen have been synonymous with the finest in design, workmanship and quality in jewelry, table silver and more recently wristwatches. The world`s...

Inspired by the current interest in the American Arts and Crafts movement among collectors, scholars and dealers, as well as the market prices for furniture that Gustav Stickley described as...

It was just a hole in the wall when Patti and Juan Navarrete flew in from Taos, N.M. They are a husband-wife team of traveling artists who were hired by...

Dr. Jim Conway, a pediatric radiologist at Children`s Memorial Hospital, has been collecting for 12 years and has about 2,000 items, including maps, prints and a variety of ephemera. Some...

What do the pros do about making a home for books, for themselves and others? Kenan Heise, who owns the Chicago Historical Bookworks at 831 Main St. in Evanston, says...

Edward Halpern, a manufacturer of bed pillows, and wife Dianne are a suburban couple who share a passion for books. He describes himself as ''an antiquarian and used-books collector. ''Books...

Chef Louis Szathmary, owner of the Bakery Restaurant, is a high-profile Chicagoan with an omnivorous appetite for books, many of them in the category of esoteric and rare. ''I can`t...

It`s a given: interior designers must be a creative bunch, by profession. Often that creativity spills over into their private lives. It goes into paintings, sculptures, fiber art-works done in...

''Any interested parties?'' we inquired of Bill Struve, proprietor of the Struve Gallery, 309 W. Superior St., where until Friday there is an exhibit called ''Parallel Lines, Frank Lloyd Wright.''...