A Brief History for New Visitors.... The Stanley Weiss Collection is a renowned selection of fine antique furniture and decorative arts, primarily focused on American pieces from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Stanley Weiss, an avid collector and connoisseur,...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) is the recipient of an exceptional inlaid sideboard made in Baltimore, Md., between 1800 and 1815. A gift of Beth and Stanley Weiss from the Stanley Weiss Collection, it fills an important gap...
The man who placed his elegant mark on the city of Providence and beyond was born to a working-class family in Brooklyn, NY. His whirlwind journey to Rhode Island began when Stanley Weiss’ beloved mother placed a violin in his young hands. He didn’t disappoint. Weiss...
See the Q&A with Stanley Weiss in Antiques and the Arts Weekly.Stanley Weiss “Flip through the pages of this impressive volume, and you will discover a remarkable trove of treasures,” writes Brock Jobe, Winterthur’s professor of American decorative arts emeritus, in...
"Twenty years ago [Stanley Weiss] bought the landmark Tilden-Thurber building at the corner of Matthewson and Westminster Streets in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, and restored it to the way it was in 1895, when built as a shop filled with the latest in elegant...