http://www.driehausmuseum.org/ en patton.lindsey@gmail.com Copyright 2012 2012-05-14T15:03:59+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/qa_with_caitlin_emery http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/qa_with_caitlin_emery#When:15:03:59Z Caitlin Emery from the Preservation Society of Newport County visited the Museum last week to lecture on McKim, Mead & White and the Kingscote dining room. Read on for a more in-depth conversation with Emery, our third Nickerson Lecture Series speaker of the year. 2012-05-14T15:03:59+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_entrance_by_clarence_cook http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_entrance_by_clarence_cook#When:13:00:29Z In his 1878 book The House Beautiful, author and art critic Clarence Cook discusses the qualities of a home's front "'Hall,' as, in our American love of fine names, we are wont to call what...is nothing but an entry or passage-way." 2012-05-07T13:00:29+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/qa_with_ulysses_grant_dietz http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/qa_with_ulysses_grant_dietz#When:01:56:24Z After his well-received lectures on Gilded Age taste at the Driehaus Museum, Ulysses Grant Dietz agreed to a follow-up chat. Read on for the conversation. 2012-05-03T01:56:24+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/you_asked_what_is_that_other_mansion http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/you_asked_what_is_that_other_mansion#When:13:00:04Z The Nickerson Mansion isn't the only historic home in the neighborhood. On the opposite corner of Erie and Wabash, a Romanesque-style residence always catches visitors' eyes. 2012-04-20T13:00:04+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_ship_of_dreams http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_ship_of_dreams#When:20:45:49Z An unsinkable ship, carrying more than 2,000 people across the Atlantic, foundered on April 15, 1912 and dashed Gilded Age hopes. A century later, we're still talking about the RMS Titanic. 2012-04-14T20:45:49+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/from_the_collection_cupid_and_psyche1 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/from_the_collection_cupid_and_psyche1#When:21:52:01Z The Museum is home to an Italian neo-classical sculpture which depicts, in life-sized figures, a well-known myth. 2012-03-29T21:52:01+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_pet_economies_of_well_known_millionaires http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_pet_economies_of_well_known_millionaires#When:18:06:53Z A snarky catalogue of the Scrooge-like ways of big-name New Yorkers. 2012-03-21T18:06:53+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/adele_friedman_artist_teacher_explorer http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/adele_friedman_artist_teacher_explorer#When:15:57:14Z Film artist, educator, and Museum member Adele Friedman talks about the agony of choosing between Lucian Freud and J.M.W. Turner, returning to her native Chicago, and discovering the Driehaus Museum. 2012-03-14T15:57:14+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/gatsbys_house http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/gatsbys_house#When:20:21:36Z Themes linking corruption and dissatisfaction to wealth aren't mired exclusively in the Gilded Age. 2012-03-06T20:21:36+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/a_nickerson_tour http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/a_nickerson_tour#When:21:47:44Z Though Samuel made his riches in Chicago, the old Nickerson name was established in—and remains in—Massachusetts. 2012-02-24T21:47:44+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_seven_lamps_of_architecture_by_john_ruskin http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_seven_lamps_of_architecture_by_john_ruskin#When:21:48:48Z John Ruskin on reversing the flow of inspiration's origins and drawing designs from nature instead. 2012-02-15T21:48:48+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/you_asked_what_is_the_inscription_in_the_gothic_chandelier http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/you_asked_what_is_the_inscription_in_the_gothic_chandelier#When:13:00:53Z A unique Gothic Revival-style Tiffany Studios chandelier in Driehaus Museum's smoking room reveals itself as a memorial chandelier—that is, if you can make out the inscription. 2012-02-05T13:00:53+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/for_sale_gilded_age_luxury http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/for_sale_gilded_age_luxury#When:22:26:12Z Visiting a historic mansion may be fun, but living in one is even better. 2012-02-01T22:26:12+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_2012_driehaus_prize http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_2012_driehaus_prize#When:17:54:27Z The $200,000 Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame will be awarded to architect Michael Graves in 2012. 2012-01-24T17:54:27+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_moneymakers http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_moneymakers#When:21:29:22Z Chicago had a handful of entrepreneurs--like Marshall Field, George Pullman, and others--to thank for its bustling late 19th-century success. 2012-01-17T21:29:22+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_grammar_of_ornament http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_grammar_of_ornament#When:19:21:00Z The Grammar of Ornament is one of those classic books that tells a history of 19th-century design. 2012-01-11T19:21:00+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/happy_new_year http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/happy_new_year#When:14:00:07Z Even if your New Year's party didn't make Tribune gossip column status like the Nickerson's—Pink carnations! Seventy guests! Supper not served 'till midnight!—here's to celebrating in style. 2011-12-31T14:00:07+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/you_asked_where_does_satinwood_come_from http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/you_asked_where_does_satinwood_come_from#When:13:00:44Z Satinwood. Visitors to the Museum see it featured most prominently in the Drawing Room, where the Gilded Age ladies would retreat together for music and gossip and the woodwork gleams positively golden. 2011-12-27T13:00:44+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/a_gilded_age_christmas_dinner http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/a_gilded_age_christmas_dinner#When:21:00:53Z The Gilded Age wealthy made Christmas dinner a most formal, sumptuous occasion. 2011-12-24T21:00:53+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/dolls_toys_and_holiday_fancy_goods http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/dolls_toys_and_holiday_fancy_goods#When:19:35:08Z Ah, the great and famously stressful saga of December: Shopping. We have industrialization, capitalism, and late 19th-century disposable incomes to thank for this holiday tradition. 2011-12-19T19:35:08+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/o_tannenbaum_o_tannenbaum http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/o_tannenbaum_o_tannenbaum#When:20:29:42Z "There, at the rear of the beautiful parlors, was a large Christmas tree, presenting a most picturesque and uncanny aspect," wrote a reporter when he saw the first Christmas tree adorned with electric lights in 1882. 2011-12-15T20:29:42+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_white_knight http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_white_knight#When:14:00:40Z A new Arthur Hughes painting in the Drawing Room features Sir Galahad, flanked by angels, searching for the Holy Grail. 2011-12-08T14:00:40+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/of_gilded_age_and_italy_or_why_pierpont_morgan_used_someone_elses_fam http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/of_gilded_age_and_italy_or_why_pierpont_morgan_used_someone_elses_fam#When:21:22:59Z One design motif persists through America's Gilded Age mansions like a repeating, steady note under one melody: Italian Renaissance. 2011-12-03T21:22:59+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/dear_chicago1 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/dear_chicago1#When:03:32:56Z This city—with all its liveliness and contradictions—has had its share of literary immortalization. Carl Sandburg did it perhaps most famously with his poem “Chicago.” Theodore Dreiser also waxed poetic about Chicago in his 1914 novel, The Titan. 2011-11-27T03:32:56+00:00 http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/decking_the_marble_halls http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/decking_the_marble_halls#When:18:09:49Z Here are some behind-the-scenes snapshots of the decorating team putting up our holiday adornments. 2011-11-20T18:09:49+00:00