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The Adventure of the Pilgrim’s Chair
LOOKING BACK
BY TOM CASPAR
Sometime in the haze of the 1970s, Armand LaMontagne, a wood sculptor from Rhode Island, sought revenge against the museum world. He had been rebuffed by curators when he questioned the authenticity of some antique furniture, so he set out to vividly demonstrate the experts’ gullibility.
Armand painstakingly built a close copy of… »
Looking Back
A Few Good Books
BY JOHN LAVINE
Here are some of the more interesting books that I’ve had a chance to look at in this last year. The list is by no means exhaustive.
Wood: Craft, Culture, History by Harvey Green [Viking Penguin, 2006]
A fascinating cultural/historical survey, touching on all things wood from both Eastern and Western traditions.
A… »

