Modern Renaissance: Gold Leaf Studios

A 17th-century cathedral tabernacle frame, 17 feet high by 11 and a half feet wide.

Take a look through this gilder’s frame studio — just a quick browse: Now, I ask, where do you think you are? A centuries-old atelier in Florence, or maybe Paris? Wrong! If you’ve been out sipping beer at the Brickskeller near Dupont Circle lately, it’s right beyond the rear wall, accessible down the alley and [...]

High (Local) Style at the Jefferson Hotel

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The renovated Jefferson Hotel has gotten tons of great press since it re-opened in August, capped off yesterday with a call-out on the Today Show for making Conde Nast Traveler’s annual Hot List of newly opened hotels and spas (you can see the Today clip here). But what gets overlooked is that all the things [...]

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