EYE ON ANTIQUES: THE HUMBLE AND ELEGANT BLANKET

Thin but brightly patterned early blankets were among a household’s prized textiles, as much for display as winter warmth.

Rabbit Goody and Jill Maney

THREE CABINS AND A CORN CRIB

The Goedekes built the timbers and concepts of the classic Illinois log cabin into a novel and truly American home.

Tess and Winn Rosch

FROM THE WILD GARDEN: AMERICA’S PUCKERY PERSIMMON

You won’t fi nd real American persimmons in stores, but you can plucktheir puckery sweet goodness from wild trees this autumn.

Wildman Steve Brill

THE INVISIBLE FARM

Hidden, though only steps from the city, the Walborns’ early-1700s Berks County stone farmhouse nestles in a private nature preserve.

Winfield Ross

LOOKS LIKE SNOW

Meant to fool the eye and tempt the palate, these 19th-Century receipts add the look of new-fallen snow to winter meals.

Amy Halsey

SIDE BY SIDE®: AMERICAN PAINTED TINWARE

Useful and decorative, painted tin became one of America’s earliest industries and is now replicated by modern artisans.

Gregory LeFever

STITCH A PAPER BOOKMARK

In the 19th Century ladies cross-stitched aphorisms on paper patterns. Today you can make these bookmarks as gifts.

Tricia Wilson Nguyen and Wendy White