Many a smart art dealer has been sued by a customer who ... a throne which appeared to him to be of hammered silver and gold, of the 16th Century or earlier. Summoning his powers of hocuspocus ...

But in the last several decades, society has become less formal in entertaining, and that has led to a decline in the desire to own things like silver tea services and decorative objets d’art.

An exhibition of artwork from the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art will travel to five institutions across the country over the next 2 1/2 years, starting this fall at Vassar College. “Silver ...

at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark. The Grammy-nominated artist, 49, was a piece of artwork in a sculptured silver Iris van Herpen gown. The Ananda-kosha gown ...