New Book – Mobiliario Indo-Portugues by Pedro Dias 10 Jul 2013 | 12:39 am

Olana 28 Jun 2013 | 02:43 am

Breathtakingly beautiful, the Hudson Valley is home of many stunning houses, many belonging to the New York old (and new) money families. From the ugly Vanderbilt mansion in Hyde Park to the uninteres...

Casa Andresen 21 Jun 2013 | 02:55 am

I do hope to visit this exhibition in September, which cleverly explores the several purposes of Casa Andresen, or Jardim Botanico do Porto. An exhibition on nature, tweaked by men, that opens fantasy...

Caquesseitão Alegrete 20 Jun 2013 | 02:24 am

An Indo-Portuguese silver model of a “Caquesseitao” circa 1700 (Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 EUR)  The wonderful silver aquamanile in the form of the “Caquesseitão” that did not sell at Christie’s last...

Foz 15 Jun 2013 | 12:30 am

Very few things make me miss home, Porto. But this postcard did, and then I realized that I miss a past that I have never lived, encapsulated in the Passeio Alegre, that garden which is still looking ...

Mazarin Chest 10 Jun 2013 | 07:05 pm

In 1980’s, the Victoria & Albert Museum published an ad on Country Life magazine trying to find a missing Japanese lacquer chest, part of a group of four that once belonged to, among others, the Cardi...

Carpets from the Clark Collection 7 Jun 2013 | 12:19 am

Again, on the Clark sale at Sotheby’s yesterday, the results were astonishing. Every single carpet was sold and all above the high-estimate. As expected, the 17th century Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet was ...

Amadeo 7 Jun 2013 | 12:05 am

  AMADEO DE SOUZA-CARDOSO (1887-1918) Paysage Cubiste  Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 GBP  signed A. De Souza Cardoso (lower left) oil on board; 16.6 by 23.8cm., 6½ by 9 3/8 in. Painted circa 1914. Provena...

Houghton Revisited 29 May 2013 | 06:35 pm

In The Economist

The Lafões Carpet 25 May 2013 | 12:52 am

Almost three years ago, we mentioned in this blog a sale of three carpets by the Corcoran Gallery with Portuguese provenance – Lafões and Bragança. Sotheby’s is now presenting a sale of Persian carpet...