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Postcard: Richmond Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

One of the glories of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is the American Wing. A highlight of the collection is its fully-furnished period rooms that range from the simplicity of a Shaker retiring room to the elegance of a Frank Lloyd Wright living room. Among the 30 period rooms (that are arranged contiguously in …

Postcard: Kobe City Museum of Literature

M.M. Wignor with Inosuke Yoshida, builder1904 Postcards is a new series of articles on ArchitectureRichmond that examines buildings outside of the Richmond area that are of special interest and relevance to our city.  Most Richmonders will be familiar with the Branch House, a stately gothic mansion that was once the largest home on Monument Avenue. …