If you know us, you know what an event it is when Letty's famous peonies poke their heads up in front of the Studio 🌷 It's that time of year folks! If you visit in the next few weeks, you'll get a glimpse of these beauties beginning to show their blooms. If you don't know us as well, Letty Esherick inherited a collection of antique peonies. Each spring, the garden in front of Esherick’s Studio fills with whites, yellows, pinks, and magenta. Letty planted an extensive garden at the family farmhouse named Sunekrest The peonies were a part of this large garden and served as another enterprise for Letty and the Esherick family. Happy peony season! (fb)

Last month we made an exciting discovery about one of our Hammer Handle Chairs! While couriering the Crafted World of Wharton Esherick exhibition to the Chazen Museum of Art we noted a faint inscription on one of the hammer handles of our 1938 Hammer Handle Chair. After each object was uncrated in the Chazen gallery, our Collections Manager would pour over each object and write up a condition report to note any possible changes a piece may have undergone during its long journey. Ethan was using the Chazen’s high-powered examination light to carefully examine the chair when this faint inscription came into his view for the first time. With the help of one of the Chazen’s preparators, he was able to determine that the imprint reads “Keen Kutter” —the name of an active tool and hardware brand dating back to the 1860s. Read all about this latest discovery in our latest Notes from the Studio: https://whartonesherickmuseum.org/an-exciting-hammer-handle-discovery (fb)