West 86th: Volume 27, No. 1 (Spring–Summer 2020)
Editor’s Introduction
Paul Stirton
Articles
Devices and the Designs on Us: Of Dust and Gadgets
Esther Leslie
Late Medieval Iberian Lusterware in the Northern European Imagination
Andrea M. Ortuño
Quiet Feminists: Women Collectors, Exhibitors, and Patrons of Embroidery, Lace, and Needlework in Late Imperial Russia (1860–1917)
Hanna Chuchvaha
Articles: Cultures of Conservation
Malignant Patina: A Love Story
Sanchita Balachandran
Translated Text
On the Departure of a Group of Soldiers for Libya
Renato Serra, Peter N. Miller, and Isabella Livorni
Book Reviews
Nigel Spivey, The Sarpedon Krater: The Life and Afterlife of a Greek Vase
Carolyn M. Laferrière
Margaret S. Graves, Arts of Allusion: Object, Ornament, and Architecture in Medieval Islam
Lamia Balafrej
Isabelle Dolezalek, Arabic Script on Christian Kings: Textile Inscriptions on Royal Garments from Norman Sicily
Meredyth Lynn Winter
Sabina de Cavi, ed., Giacomo Amato: I disegni di Palazzo Abatellis; Architettura, arredi e decorazione nella Sicilia barocca
Erik H. Neil
Richard Hollis, Henry van de Velde: The Artist as Designer, from Art Nouveau to Modernism; Katherine M. Kuenzli, Henry van de Velde: Designing Modernism
Amy F. Ogata
Elizabeth Otto, Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics
Meghan Forbes
Alison Harley, ed., The Making of Marthe Armitage: Artist and Patternmaker
Mary Schoeser
Exhibition Reviews
Bauhaus Imaginista: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, March 15–June 10, 2019
Priyanka Basu
Cars: Accelerating the Modern World: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, November 23, 2019–April 19, 2020
John Richards
Harper’s Bazaar: Premier magazine de mode: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, June 23, 2020–January 3, 2021
Lacey Minot