Barbie Portugal A rare turn of the

A rare turn of the 19th century English made delicately detailed traditional silver plate urn style wine coolers that were sold in 1956 to Mr

heat retaining stoneware

From Gien’s 19th century archives

Perfect for stirring sugar and cream and a wonderful tool for tiny spoonfuls of intensely

this long-tailed and brightly colored pheasant is recreated in a patchwork of wools and tweeds by Dutch and English artist

Barbie Portugal A rare turn of theA cultural icon draped in couture and controversy, Barbie emerges in these pages as more than a doll. She is a mirror of shifting ideals and infinite possibility. Conceived in 1959 by Ruth Handler, a visionary at odds with midcentury norms, Barbie stepped boldly into a world that had yet to imagine women beyond hearth and home. This Assouline edition traces her evolution decade by decade, chronicling how a ten inch figure in high heels came to embody