Mon. May 19
Nick Stagliano, “Hanns Weinberg and the Antique Porcelain Company”

7:00 pm Light Refreshments • 7:30 pm Lecture

Hanns Weinberg (1900–76) fled Germany in 1938 and settled in London, where in 1945 he opened The Antique Porcelain Company – a large shop in New Bond Street that sold carpets, furniture, sculptures, and predominantly porcelain. He became the most important dealer of antique porcelain in England and America in the second half of the twentieth century, with shops opened in New York in 1957 and in Zurich in 1972. The Antique Porcelain Company sold porcelain to every significant collector and to the many important museums, from the Getty to the Met and the Louvre. He was regularly mentioned in the newspapers in London and New York for the astronomical prices he paid for works of art at auction, and he was notorious as much for the huge prices he charged as for his inimitable personality, and always for the quality of his stock. In addition to porcelain, Weinberg also dealt in Renaissance jewels, gold boxes, Chinese jades, French furniture, and more. This richly illustrated lecture will discuss some of the most significant objects that passed through Weinberg’s hands and which today are in some of the greatest collections in the world. 

Nick Stagliano is a specialist in eighteenth-century European ceramics and decorative arts. He works at Michele Beiny Inc., the preeminent dealer in antique porcelain in the United States. Nick graduated from Hamilton College and earned his master’s degree in the history of the decorative arts from the program offered jointly by The New School and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, where he was a Curatorial Fellow in the Product Design and Decorative Arts department. Prior to graduate school, Nick worked in non-profit fundraising at The Juilliard School and The Frick Collection. He is the Co-Chairman of the French Porcelain Society and a member of the Board of the Connecticut Ceramics Circle. Please join us in welcoming Nick to Alexandria!

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The Alexandria Association offers enriching opportunities beyond its monthly programs. Study tours abroad included Georgian houses in Ireland and Scotland as well as U.S. homes and gardens in Philadelphia, Norfolk and Annapolis. Stay tuned for information about future trips.