Category Archives: Decorative Arts

Playing House: Working with Artists

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Lisa Bruno

In the exhibition Playing House four artists, Betty Woodman, Ann Chu, Ann Agee and Mary Lucier, install their own artwork into and around several period rooms on the 4th floor, activating the space to engage the viewer to think differently about … Continue reading…

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Calling Rapaljes, Rapeljes, Raplees and all descendants!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Lisa Small

Get ready for some surprising encounters when you visit the Brooklyn Museum’s beloved period rooms this February, when several of the rooms will be the site of a group show called Playing House, which I’ve been working on with curator … Continue reading…

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All Geared Up for a Timely Repair

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Joannie Bottkol

For 19th-Century Modern, which opened last month, the conservation department undertook the cleaning and stabilization of many objects, among them the five-piece silvered bronze candlesticks and clock/thermometer set that forms the centerpiece of the exhibition. The set was created by … Continue reading…

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Take a seat…

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Kerith Koss

Starting on December 2nd, that’s exactly what you’ll be able to do in the Museum’s Fourth Floor Schenck Gallery—in a handcrafted replica of our 17th-century, American, Wainscot Chair.  The detailed carving, turning and mortise-and-tenon joinery of the original chair were … Continue reading…

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Italian Design on Display

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Barry R. Harwood

Newly on view on our 4th floor: Italian Post-World War II Design The Brooklyn Museum has been at the forefront of collecting Italian twentieth century design since the mid 1950s. One pivotal event made consumers in the United States aware … Continue reading…

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The Schenck Houses – their story through the Museum Library and Archives

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Tara Cuthbert

Drawing by Daniel M. C. Hopping. From the book American interiors, 1675-1885: a guide to the American period rooms in the Brooklyn Museum by Marvin D. Schwartz. Museum libraries and archives are rich storehouses of textual and visual information. This … Continue reading…

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Schenck Re-Installation 2007

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Lisa Bruno

Slideshow created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Having trouble seeing the slideshow? Photos are also on Flickr. These slides show the Jan Martense Schenck House as it is being installed in its new location on the 4th floor. In the first few … Continue reading…

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Dutch Houses in Brooklyn

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

When John published his post about his own Dutch house in Brooklyn, he also kindly provided a list of all the Dutch houses in the area that are still standing. Clicking the markers in the map below will take you … Continue reading…

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My Old House

Posted on July 18, 2007 by John Antonides

The Brooklyn Museum’s Schenck family houses have had a profound personal effect on me. In 1990, I was the editor for a book on the Schenck houses called Dutch by Design, written by curator Kevin Stayton. I found that book … Continue reading…

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