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Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies & Society, 1700-1880, 2nd Ed., by Antigone Clark & Joseph O’Kelly, 9” x 12”, hardcover w/dustjacket, Schiffer Publishing, schifferbooks.com, 2018, 384 pp., $95.
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Book Review: Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies & Society

By Karen Knapstein
In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate The World, by Simon Garfield, Atria Books, hardcover, 256 pages, $25.
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Book Review: In Miniature - How Small Things Illuminate the World

By Karen Knapstein
Christmas at Historic Houses
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‘Historic Houses’ packed with inspirational Christmas decor

By Karen Knapstein
Click here to buy "Edwardian Ladies Hat Fashions: Where Did You Get That Hat?" at Amazon.com. Available at booksellers nationwide and online.
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‘Edwardian Ladies’ Hat Fashions’ revisits lavish extremes of millinery history

By Karen Knapstein
PLaying Cards
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More than tricks and trump, playing cards are works of art

By Antoinette Rahn
Mangle Boards of Northern Europe
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Mangle boards epitomize artistic function

By Karen Knapstein