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Article: Natalie K. Blair's "museum rooms" and the American Wing.(New York Metropolitan Museum)
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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It is no secret that a goodly number of the very finest pieces of early furniture in the American Wing come from the collection of Natalie K. Blair. [1] What is not generally known, however, is that before they came to the museum they furnished the "museum rooms m the attic of her house in Tuxedo Park, New York (see Pls. I-VI). What has also gone generally unnoticed is the breadth of her collecting interests. Among things American they included high-style Newport, Philadelphia Chippendale and Boston Federal furniture, pewter, wrought iron, lighting devices, and views of New York City. In each sphere, in terms of authenticity, aesthetic quality, and condition she held to ...