ARPAD SZENES (1897-1985)

Recommended features

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  • Collecting guide: 18th-century French cabinet-makers

    Specialist Will Strafford looks at some of the key names of the period, from Boulle to Riesener, Carlin, Cressent and Vandercruse

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  • Exquisite craftsmanship and ‘perfectly beautiful objects’

    Highlights from a New York auction of exceptional pieces by the top Parisian ateliers of the 19th century

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  • The A-Z of furniture: Terminology to know when buying at auction

    From applique and back splats to veneering and wingbacks, an essential glossary of furniture terms

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  • To gild or not to gild — that is the question

    Artists, patrons and critics have argued for centuries over the right way to frame a painting. Ultimately, it’s a matter of personal taste, says Andrew Graham-Dixon

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  • 5 minutes with... The ‘Tipo B’ side chair by Carlo Mollino

    Symbolism and the esoteric — specialist Simon Andrews reveals the curious obsessions of the 20th-century Italian designer

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  • ‘As good as it gets’ — The Pink Legacy diamond

    Why this 18.96-carat Fancy Vivid Pink diamond — offered in November at Christie’s in Geneva — is set to make history