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The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
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The Athenaeum of Philadelphia is a member-supported library in Philadelphia.
Nurturing curiosity since 1814
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...a dazzling display of seventeen tile samples from the American Encaustic Tiling Company; and even some tiles that should be familiar to frequent visitors of our historic landmark building.
July 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Included are colorful tiles designed by Frank Furness for the Guarantee Trust and Provident Life & Trust Company buildings in Philadelphia; intricate English tiles manufactured by Minton & Co. from the collection of Roger Moss & Gail Winkler...
July 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Culled from sketchbooks filled between 1972 and 2023, these observations of gardens and architecture, sculptures and social life are as much a foray into the experience of Italy as they are examples of how a designer learns through the act of drawing.

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March 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Our fiction finalists:
Housemates, by Emma Copley Eisenberg;
The Last Dekrepitzer by Howard Langer;
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
February 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Our non-fiction finalists:
William Bartram’s Visual Wonders: The Drawings of an American Naturalist by Elizabeth Athens; Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery by Annie Liontas; To the Success of our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement, by Benjamin Nathans
February 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM