Fine Objects Society is an association of forward-thinking professionals and enthusiasts who share a devotion to fine handcrafted historic objects.

We see a strong future for the discipline which looks different from its past. We believe paying attention to fine handcrafted historic objects is delightful, rewarding, revealing, and crucial.

Understanding them, valuing them, caring for them, and giving them life is the essential work of people across numerous fields.

Our calling is to encourage that work, support the people who do it, and advance public interest in it.

Board Members

President Ben L. Miller (New York), Founder, Curious Objects

Treasurer Brenton Grom (New Haven, CT), Executive Director of the Webb Deane Stevens Museum

Secretary Sarah Margolis-Pineo (Lenox, MA), Associate at John Keith Russell and Director of Programs at The Mount

Bailey Tichenor (New York), Principal at Artistoric

Michael Hilal (San Francisco), Principal at Studio Michael Hilal

Thomas Kinservik (New York), The Frick Collection

Monica Nelson (New York), independent writer, editor, & designer

Zoë McGee (New York), sales, BDDW

Benjamin Davidson (Germantown, NY), Co-Founder and Lead Designer, Quittner

Brandy Culp (New York), Steven W. Spandle

David Walker (New York), Principal at Walker Decorative Arts

Regina Connell (New York), museums/cultural strategist at Collective Work

Sarah Goslin (Hudson, New York), Associate Cataloguer and Associate Conservator, STAIR Galleries